Francisco de Goya

There was nothing to be done and he died (Espiró sin remedio)

Clasificación
There was nothing to be done and he died (Espiró sin remedio)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1812 - 1815
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
166 x 212 mm
Técnica y soporte
Sanguina sobre papel verjurado grueso
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Undisputed work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
09 Dec 2010 / 01 Jun 2023
Inventario
(D.4255)
Inscripciones

I (on the lower left-hand corner).

Historia

See Sad presentiments of what must come to pass.

This drawing, along with the set of preparatory drawing for the rest of the prints in this series, formed part of the Carderera Collection and was subsequently acquired by the Prado Museum where it is currently housed.

Análisis artístico

The preparatory drawing Goya produced for print no. 53, There was nothing to be done and he died (Espiró sin remedio), is very precisely executed. The first difference between the two pieces is that the drawing is much clearer than the print owing to the use of aquatint for the sky and ground in the latter, which creates a dark, unsettling atmosphere. However, the figures depicted in the centre of the drawing display no differences from those in the print. The only difference lies in the omission from the print of some sketchy, superficial figures depicted in the right-hand side of the background in the drawing.

Exposiciones
  • Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    Biblioteca Nacional
    Madrid
    1996
    from September 19th to December 15th 1996
Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 114
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    cat. 1081
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    cat. 202
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    pp. 156-157
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