01 de Nov 2005 - 31 de Mar 2006
The Museo Nacional de Arte presented for Mexico and Latin America a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the genius from Aragón: Goya. It was embodied by 253 artworks, consisting of oils, drawings, and engravings that came from 25 museums and different private collections of the American and European continents. The public was able to contemplate representative artworks from different periods and artistic styles of Goya during his long creative lifespan.
Among the pieces exhibited, the artworks done for the Real Fábrica de Tapices de Santa Bárbara with traditionalist themes stand out, along with a group of sketches of religious paintings. These paintings were commissions and they show a creative and free plenitude that was only achieved by Rembrandt and Durero. The firsts editions of his four series of engravings were gathered, along with the last lithographs that he made during his exile in France.