- Cronología
- 1815 - 1819
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 234 x 332 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
- D4274
7 (in composite pencil, lower left)
186 (in pencil, verso, lower centre, lower right-hand corner)
195 (in pencil, verso, lower right corner, bottom right)
6 (in pencil, reverse, upper right corner)
81 (in pencil, reverse side, upper right)
engraved (in pencil, reverse, upper left)
186 [To the right of the inscription "engraved"] (in pencil, verso, upper left)
MP Inventory DRAWINGS No. 195 (stamped, reverse, upper right corner)
Watermark: "MANUEL SERRA" (left half)
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.
Preparatory drawing for Fearful folly.
The composition is quite similar to that of the print, although there are some notable differences. The sense of panic pervading the whole scene is greater in this drawing. The figure who is trying to get up is shown here lying on the ground as if dead. His companion kneeling beside him shows an even more frightened and pleading expression. Details of the French uniforms are also more clearly defined in the drawing. In fact, the captain running with the sabre wears an officer's hat on his head that was removed in the plate.
The mass of the background extends beyond the ghost, producing a sense of a great army in defeat. The tree in the landscape is accompanied by some foliage on the right, which is eliminated in the print to emphasise the scale of the tree in relation to the spectral apparition. The only two soldiers visible in the mass of the background seem to be engaged in a duel, oblivious to the ghostly image.
Open lighting exposes us to a daytime scene as opposed to the night-time scene of the print.
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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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Goya. Gemälde Zeichnungen. Graphik. TapisserienKunsthalle BaselBasle1953from January 23th to April 12th 1953
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El arte de GoyaMuseo de Arte Occidental de TokioTokyo1971from 16th 1971 to January 23th 1972. Exhibited also at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, January 29th to March 15th 1972.
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1972
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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 1978cat. 118
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Goya: Zeichnungen und DruckgraphikStädtische Galerie im Städelschen KunstintitutFrankfurt1981from February 13th to April 5th 1981cat. 118
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Goya. El cuaderno italianoMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1994
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Goya. El cuaderno italianoPalacio de RevillagigedoGijón1994
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Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1996from September 19th to December 15th 1996cat. 297
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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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París2001
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 175
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Madrid2019cat. 154
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BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1951pp. 76-79
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Los dibujos de Goya, 2 vols.MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado1954cat. 383
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 325, cat. 1574
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975pp. 434-435, cat. 291
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 327-328
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Roma Edizioni de Luca2000p. 114-115, cat. 34
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MadridMuseo Nacional y Ediciones El Viso2008pp. 474-475, cat. 175
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 242
