Francisco de Goya

Big Booby (preparatory drawing)

Clasificación
Big Booby (preparatory drawing)
Datos Generales
Cronología
1815 - 1819
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
244 x 325 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
21 Aug 2021 / 08 Jun 2023
Inventario
D4276
Inscripciones

14 (in pencil composite, lower left)

no. 4 engraved (in pencil, reverse, upper left)

188 (in pencil, reverse, lower right corner)

Watermark: "MANUEL SERRA" (half-right)

Historia

The drawing was inherited in 1828 by Javier Goya, the painter's son, and in 1854 by Mariano Goya y Goicoechea, the artist's grandson. It was subsequently owned by Valentín Carderera (ca. 1861) and Mariano Carderera (ca. 1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera by the Directorate General of Public Instruction and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.

Análisis artístico

Preparatory drawing for Big Booby.

There are certain differences with the engraving. For example, the giant's idiocy is more obvious, but he does not have the malignity of the engraving. His eyes are wide open and the hair on his head is tousled. He does not wear the castanets, although some authors suggest that they are very crudely drawn. The figure embracing the person wrapped in the shroud is wearing a broad garment reminiscent of a habit. The heads behind the figure are also different: here they are softly suggested and executed in a cursory manner, so that they do not have the prominence of those in the print, but rather seem to be a simple accompaniment to the giant.

The darkness that the aquatint brings to the print is not apparent in this drawing, which shows a much lighter scene.

Exposiciones
  • Goya. Exposition de l’oeuvre gravé, de peintures, de tapisseries et de cent dix dessins du Musée du
    Bibliothèque nationale de France
    París
    1935
  • Goya. Gemälde Zeichnungen. Graphik. Tapisserien
    Kunsthalle Basel
    Basle
    1953
    from January 23th to April 12th 1953
  • Hamburg
    1966
  • Boston
    1974
  • Los dibujos de Goya
    Museo Provincial de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    1978
    exhibition organized by Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, Ministerio de Cultura and Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, exhibition guide written by Miguel Beltrán Lloris and Micaela Pérez Sáenz. October 1978
  • Goya: Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
    Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstintitut
    Frankfurt
    1981
    from February 13th to April 5th 1981
  • Madrid
    1999
  • Goya
    Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini
    Roma
    2000
    consultant editors Lorenza Mochi Onori and Claudio Strinati. From March 18th to June 18th 2000
  • París
    2001
  • Madrid
    2007
  • Goya: Order and disorder
    Museum of Fine Arts
    Boston
    2014
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico
    1951
    pp. 72-75
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN, Francisco Javier
    Los dibujos de Goya, 2 vols.
    MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado
    1954
    cat. 384
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 325, cat. 1577
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    pp. 438-439, cat. 293
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    p. 329
  • AMSTRONG ROCHE, Michael
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1988
    pp. 402-403
  • MATILLA, José Manuel
    Roma Edizioni de Luca
    2000
    pp. 118-119, cat. 36
  • ILCHMAN, Frederick y STEPANEK, Stephanie L. (comisarios)
    Goya: Order & Disorder
    BostonMuseum of Fine Arts Boston Publications
    2014
    p. 271
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    p. 243
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