- Cronología
- Ca. 1797
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 237 x 165 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 20 Aug 2021 / 15 May 2023
- Inventario
- D3906
2 (in composite pencil, lower left-hand corner)
43 (in pencil, lower right corner)
3 (reverse)
The 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 (ca. 1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera by the General Direction of Public Instruction and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.
This preparatory drawing for the Caprices, which was never engraved, depicts a young woman dressed as a maja in the centre of the composition, while behind her a man, also young, gesticulates holding only his right leg in an attempt to conquer the lady, who makes a coy gesture. According to Gassier, Goya wanted the mordacity of satire and its social extension.
A quick, thickly drawn sketch
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 205
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 187, cat. 647
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 185, cat. 148
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MadridSilex1980pp. 122-123
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ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982p. 131
