- Cronología
- Ca. 1814 - 1816
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 185 x 302 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 02 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D4308)
16 (in pencil, lower left corner)
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.
This preparatory drawing passed by inheritance in 1828 to Javier Goya, the painter's son, and in 1854 to Mariano Goya y Goicoechea, the artist's grandson. It was subsequently owned by Valentín Carderera (ca. 1861) and Mariano Carderera (1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera, along with many other drawings by Goya, including almost all the preparatory studies for the Bullfight, by the Directorate General of Public Instruction, and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.
Preparatory drawing of the print Misfortunes that occurred in the bullring of Madrid and the death of the mayor of Torrejón, which is still very different from the same one. In this case we see a large number of slightly sketched figures in the lower half of the scene, which occupies its entire width, while on the right the bull appears in profile with the mayor of Torrejón on its horns. Behind the bull a group of figures can be seen crowding together in the upper right-hand corner.
Finally, in completing the engraving, Goya introduced numerous modifications in the composition with respect to what was envisaged in this preparatory study. Thus, all the figures on the left are replaced by the empty stands, with the audience concentrated on the right, although the group behind the bull is eliminated, a bull which is practically the only element in the drawing that remains almost unchanged in the print.
In this drawing, Goya's intention was still simply to capture the tumult in the bullring and the moment of tension generated by the bull's bursting into the stalls, causing the crowds of people to flee and fall.
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