- Cronología
- Ca. 1815 - 1819
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 207 x 298 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 22 Aug 2021 / 08 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D4329
MP Inventario DIBUJOS nº 420 (Stamped. Reverse, lower right-hand corner)
18 (in pencil, reverse, left-hand side)
420 (in pencil, reverse, upper part)
Watermark: Francisco Abad y Compañía: heart with a cross and, underneath, the letter "F.CO ABAT Y C.A / ALCOY".
The 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 (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.
Goya used the elephant on the left of this drawing as the basis for the one in Beastly folly. In fact, he traced it onto the copper, thus printing it in reverse.
The figures are carefully drawn. Two large elephants, without tusks, are arranged on either side of their keeper against a completely neutral, white background.
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Goya. Exposition de l’oeuvre gravé, de peintures, de tapisseries et de cent dix dessins du Musée duBibliothèque nationale de FranceParís1935
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Los dibujos de GoyaMuseo Provincial de ZaragozaZaragoza1978exhibition 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
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Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1996from September 19th to December 15th 1996cat. 310
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Madrid1999
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GoyaGalleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo BarberiniRoma2000consultant editors Lorenza Mochi Onori and Claudio Strinati. From March 18th to June 18th 2000
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BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1951
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Los dibujos de Goya, 2 vols.MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado1954cat. 453
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 326, cat. 1599
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975pp. 458-459, cat. 303
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979p. 336
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Roma Edizioni de Luca2000pp. 152-153, cat. 56
