Francisco de Goya

The Cid Campeador lancing another bull (preparatory drawing 2)

Clasificación
The Cid Campeador lancing another bull (preparatory drawing 2)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1814 - 1816
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
204 x 289 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
01 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
Inventario
(D4353 v.)
Inscripciones

Stamp of the Prado Museum (stamped, upper right corner)

Historia

See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.

This preparatory 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 (1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera, along with many other drawings by Goya, including almost all the preparatory studies for the Bullfight, by the Directorate General of Public Instruction, and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.

Análisis artístico

See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.

Second preparatory drawing for the print The Cid Campeador lancing another bull. 

The drawing is very blurred, possibly as a result of repeated rubbing. For Gassier, this study is quite different from the engraving with which it is associated and he believes that it could also be considered a preparatory drawing of Charles V. spearing a bull in the bullring in Valladolid.

The scene shows a knight on his mount thrusting a pike at a bull, whose limbs are practically extended, as its belly almost touches the ground. The rider wears a feather in his hat and appears to be dressed in ancient clothes.

This drawing is on the reverse of The Cid Campeador lancing another bull (preparatory drawing 1).

Exposiciones
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    1946
    pp. 177-216, espec. pp. 185 y 192
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    ParísLe Club Français du Livre
    1963
    p. 73
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 277, cat. 1170
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Barcelona
    1974
    p. 13
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    pp. 356-357, cat. 253
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MEDRANO, José Miguel
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2001
    pp. 58-60
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    p. 216, cat. 135
Volver
Usamos cookies propias y de terceros para mejorar su navegación. Si continua navegando consideramos que acepta el uso de cookies.