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Goya’s “Colossus” not a Goya painting Doubts about the painting's authenticity began to surface in the 1990s. Spain’s Prado museum finally confirmed that “Coloso” may be the work of a minor painter, Asensio Julia, a pupil and a workshop assistant of Goya. El Coloso, one of its most prized Goyas is not a Goya. Photo: EFE For years, Spain's famed Prado museum has had its suspicions. Now it is certain: One of its most prized Goyas is not a Goya after all. The bombshell announcement about the “El Coloso” (“Colossus”), a large-size work depicting the torso of a giant bursting through the clouds as he marches above a village of terrified people and animals, is causing a furor among experts. Many are upset at how the Prado has handled the matter. At least one still insists the painting is a work of the 18th-century master. Francisco... [read full story]
