Francisco de Goya

Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1812 - 1814
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
170 x 222 mm
Técnica y soporte
Sanguine on laid paper
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
20 Aug 2021 / 25 May 2023
Inventario
D3981
Inscripciones

19 (in black pencil, lower left)

Frame in sanguine, copperplate mark

Historia

In the Prado Museum has examples of preparatory drawings from all the series of engravings Goya produced throughout his career. Almost all of them, with a few exceptions, come from the collection of Valentín Carderera (1796-1880), whose heir, Mariano Carderera, sold a lot of 284 preparatory drawings to the Prado Museum in 1866. The Prado Museum has 75 of the preparatory drawings for the Disasters of War series, some of which, such as Women Surprised by Soldiers, were never engraved.

Line of provenance: Javier Goya, 1828; Mariano Goya, 1854; Valentín Carderera, ca. 1861; Mariano Carderera, 1880; Prado Museum, 12/11/1886.

Análisis artístico

See Women surprised by soldiers.

The Disasters of War included, among the depiction of the ravages of the War of Independence, numerous scenes of the famine suffered in Madrid, one of the devastating consequences of the conflict. In this Hunger Scene, the drawing shows several groups of somewhat diffuse figures seated on different planes. In the foreground are two figures seated around a prone body, with their hands on their chests and bare feet. The poorly defined lines make it difficult to identify exactly what is happening, although it could be a famine victim surrounded by mourning relatives, one of whom appears to be a young woman. In the background is a sort of portico with windows, outlined with a few large vertical blocks. Technically, it is one of the most sketchy of the non-etched preparatory drawings in this series and, like the others, is executed in sanguine.

Exposiciones
  • Goya y la Constitución de 1812
    Museo Municipal de Madrid
    Madrid
    1982
    organized by Madrid Town Hall, consultant editor José Manuel Pita Andrade. From December 1982 to January 1983
Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN, Francisco Javier
    Los dibujos de Goya, 2 vols.
    MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado
    1954
    s. p., cat. 146
  • HARRIS, Tomás
    OxfordBruno Cassirer
    1964
    vol. II, p. 300, cat. 203c
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 276, cat. 1146
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    pp. 322-323 (il.), cat. 236
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