- Cronología
- Ca. 1814 - 181
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 187 x 312 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Sanguine on laid paper
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 01 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D4295)
28 (in pencil, lower left corner)
Graveur Almand / Luca [illegible] (on the reverse, in pencil)
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 Ripping of the rogue with spears, crescent moons, banderillas and other weapons. If we compare the drawing with the final engraving, we can see how Goya initially chose to introduce a large number of characters into the scene, especially in the background, and then to eliminate them and leave only those he considered most relevant from a plastic point of view and to adequately reflect the intended meaning or intention, emphasising the essentials.
For Gassier, Goya's intention is very clear: he wanted to impress the viewer. Here there is only one figure on the ground, face down, probably wounded by the bull, standing upright in defiance, although in the engraving his coat will be darker. All the people crowding the scene are trying to finish killing the bull, who had previously been wounded by a "gentleman in the arena" who did not manage to finish him off, a task that is reserved for the scoundrels.
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