- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 205 x 145 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Aguada roja, trazos de sanguina y sobre papel
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 23 Nov 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 3948)
48 (in pencil; recto, lower left-hand corner)
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.
This drawing has an energetic character and a speed that the other preparatory drawing for engraving no. 10, Love and Death, in the Prado Museum, does not have. These effects are largely achieved thanks to the use of gouache.
It is possible that the sketch we are dealing with here predates this one, as it shows greater differences with respect to the engraving. The wall on which the dueling lover is leaning is made of ashlars arranged in a square, whereas in the other preparatory drawing and in the engraving they have an apyramidal form. The woman holding the body of the dying man is more upright in this drawing than in the other preparatory sketch and in the engraving.
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Francisco Goya. Ausgewählte HandzeichnungenBerlin1924cat. 5
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The changing image: prints by Francisco de GoyaMuseum of Fine Arts1974From October to December 1974. Exhibited also at The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, January to March 1975pp. 70-72, cat. 43
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Madrid2019cat. 66
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 19, n. 10
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 73
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 190, fig.103
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 17
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 177, cat. 471
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 111, cat. 74
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 32
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 74-75
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MadridSilex1980pp. 90-91, nº 20
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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. 97
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 137
