Temporary deposit of five artworks from the BBVA Collection to the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia

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Artworks: Holy Family (ca. 1660), Josefa de Óbidos; Holy Family (ca. 1620), Valentin de Boulogne; Village Pharmacist (1907), Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta; Soir de fête (Evening party) (ca. 1904-1910), Francisco Iturrino González; Le gosse (The Boy) (1921), Josep de Togores i Llach
Venue: Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia
Dates: on temporary deposit


The BBVA Collection is lending, as a temporary deposit, five paintings to the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia with the purpose of making BBVA’s holdings available for the enjoyment of the wider public, while at once enriching the museum’s collection and reinforcing its distinctive features.

The group of works opens with some true gems of Mediterranean baroque such as the refined Holy Family by the artist Josefa de Óbidos—one of the maximum exponents of Portuguese baroque naturalism—and a spectacular oil on canvas painting with the same subject matter by the French master Valentin de Boulogne.

The selection also includes notable examples of fin-de-siècle art in Village Pharmacist by Ignacio Zuloaga and Soir de fête (Evening Party) by Francisco Iturrino, who both played a key role in shaping modernity in Spain, as well as a first-rate avant-garde painting, Le gosse (The Boy) by Josep de Togores.

Currently on view together on the first floor of the museum, from 2026 onwards the five works will be integrated into various rooms of the museum’s permanent collection, adding greater depth and surplus value to its historiographic discourse.
- Josefa de Óbidos -
- Valentin de Boulogne -
- Ignacio Zuloaga -
- Francisco Iturrino -
- Josep de Togores -