- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France, París, France
- Dimensiones
- 217 x 152 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Aguatinta bruñida, punta seca y trazos de aguafuerte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Titular
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 18 Jan 2011 / 21 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- A.11036
See Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Painter.
It is not known why Goya discarded the copper from this unique proof, which was discovered in 1953 in the collection of Mariano Ballester.
Once he had made the preparatory drawing, he transferred it to copper, going over the contours with drypoint, although in the end he decided to engrave it only with five-tone aquatint. With the varnish reserves, he outlined the forms of the victim, the platform on which he was standing and the inquisitor. With the burnisher he softens the outline of the inquisitor and his companion and applies it to the latter's tonsure and the people in the foreground. It is possible that, once the aquatint work was finished, Goya thought it appropriate to make some nuances by resorting to etching, which can be seen in some of the long lines of the victim's dark skirt.
The result of this engraving must not have convinced the Aragonese painter, who rejected the plate and made a new one for Capricho no. 23 Those Dusts in the series.
The iron is in poor condition
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The changing image: prints by Francisco de GoyaMuseum of Fine Arts1974From October to December 1974. Exhibited also at The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, January to March 1975p.62, cat. 34
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Goya. La década de Los CaprichosMadrid1992organized by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando sponsored by Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid, consultant editor Nigel Glendinnig. From October 26th 1992 to January 10th 1993p.160, cat. 94
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Une épreuve unique d'un "caprice" de Goya au cabinet des estampes de ParisParís[S.l.]s.f.pp.185-187
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Goya engravings and lithographs, vol. I y II.OxfordBruno Cassirer1964p.159, cat. 116
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p185, cat. 614
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p.202
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Goya, la década de los caprichos: dibujos y aguafuertesMadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp.160, cat. 94
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El libro de los caprichos: dos siglos de interpretaciones (1799-1999). Catálogo de los dibujos, pruebas de estado, láminas de cobre y estampas de la primera ediciónMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p.157
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Goya. In the Norton Simon MuseumPasadenaNorton Simon Museum2016pp. 42-75
