- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 197 x 140 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Sanguine on paper
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 21 Dec 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 3937)
13 (in pencil. recto, lower left-hand corner)
69 (in pencil. Reverse, upper part)
Watermark: [Shield with helmet, bird inside, and underneath "D.N J.PH GISBERT / ALCOY" (upper half)].
On the origin of this and other preparatory drawings for The Caprices, see the commentary on the first of them, corresponding to Caprice number 1 (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, painter), and on the one corresponding to Caprice 3 (The bogeyman is Coming).
Line of provenance of this drawing: Javier Goya; Mariano Goya, 1854; Valentín Carderera, ca. 1861; Mariano Carderera, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.
Preparatory drawing for Caprice no. 49, Little Elves
Compared to the engraving, in this drawing the face of the central figure is even more deformed and the friar on the left has a tonsure on his head, whereas in the print he appears to be bald.
In this drawing, Goya shows that he had an extremely clear idea of how the engraving should look, maintaining the characters, their postures, deatures and clothing.
This drawing is badly damaged on the right half.
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 89
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 202, fig. 185
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 48
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Goya. Los Caprichos. Colección de ochenta y cinco estampas en las que se fustigan errores y vicios humanosMadridEdiciones de Arte y Bibliofilia1966cat. 49
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 182, cat. 550
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 144, cat. 107
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977pp. 43-44
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El libro de los caprichos: dos siglos de interpretaciones (1799-1999). Catálogo de los dibujos, pruebas de estado, láminas de cobre y estampas de la primera ediciónMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 267
