Panoramic view of Pilar
This Basilica was declared a National Monument in 1904.
In 1771, Goya was commissioned to paint some sketches for the Coreto vault of the Basilica of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, in Zaragoza.
Thus in 1772, Goya made the fresco Adoration of the Name of God for the Coreto, where he placed the characters in successive planes of clouds, thus creating perspective.
The Queen of Martyrs (Regina Martyrum), painted in 1780/81. Technique, fresco/wall. It is located in a dome of the north nave.
Dome Queen of Martyrs"
It represents the Virgin Queen surrounded by angels, martyrs and saints (mainly Aragonese). Among the saints, San Lorenzo, Santa Engracia, San Valero, San Pedro, San Pablo and Santo Dominguito de Val stand out.
Las Pechinas: Faith, Patience, Strength and Charity painted in 1781.
Technique, frecos/wall.
They represent moral virtues with allegories.
The broken mode, with fulminating zig-zag brushstrokes, justifies Bayeu's irritation to whom it seemed like a revolutionary way of painting.
Basilica del Pilar Museum
In it there is a sketch of the dome of the Queen of Martyrs made by Goya.
Sketch Cupula Queen of the Martyrs : "Regina Martyrum".
Virgin in glory and martyrs (85 x 165 cm.), painted in 1780.
Technique, oil/canvas.
Sketch for half a dome.
Martyrs in glory (85 x 165 cm.), painted in 1780.
Technique, oil/canvas.
Sketch for half a dome.
In that same museum we can admire the jewelry and cloaks of the Virgin of Pilar.
Visiting hours:
From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., every day.
Phone: +34 976397497.
Goya's footprint in Aragon can be followed in the following places:
Museum of Fine Arts of Zaragoza.
Provincial Museum of Huesca.
Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar.
The Charterhouse of Aula Dei.
Archbishop's Palace of Zaragoza.
Parish Church of Remolinos.
Muel: Nuestra Señora de la Fuente Hermitage.
Calatayud: Church of San Juan Bautista or del Real.
Other works of interest in Aragon.
Goya and Fuendetodos.
Francisco Javier Mendivil Navarro.
Goya in the Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar. Painter Aragon, Goya, biography, born, artits, history, geography, Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel, portrait, work
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