Francisco de Goya

Ridiculous folly (preparatory drawing)

Clasificación
Ridiculous folly (preparatory drawing)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1815 - 1824
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
228 x 322 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
21 Aug 2021 / 26 May 2023
Inventario
D4288
Inscripciones

9 (in composite pencil, lower left)

187 (in pencil, reverse, centre)

202 (in pencil, reverse)

Watermark: "MANUEL SERRA" (half left)

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 Ridiculous folly.

Goya created the composition of the print from the simple sketches presented in this sketch. The image is very confused and imprecise, little more than a blur where the lines twist and turn on themselves, in which no expression or figure can be made out. Only a human face, very clearly defined, emerges from the jumble in the centre and at the top of the branch. Below the jumble, a thick tree trunk can be seen on the right, from which the branch that supports the figures starts and ends on the ground, crossing the entire panel and making an arc. There is earth and a slight hint of vegetation where the branch ends, which is eliminated in the engraving, leaving it alone in an indeterminate space.

Exposiciones
  • Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)
    Hamburger Kunsthalle
    Hamburg
    1980
  • 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
  • Ambers
    2009
Bibliografía
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico
    1951
    pp. 84-86
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN, Francisco Javier
    Los dibujos de Goya, 2 vols.
    MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado
    1954
    cat. 387
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 325, cat. 1574
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    pp. 436-437, cat. 292
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    pp. 327-328
  • AMSTRONG ROCHE, Michael
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1988
    p. 400
  • MATILLA, José Manuel
    Roma Edizioni de Luca
    2000
    p. 116-117, cat. 35
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