- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 195 x 125 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 13 Sep 2022 / 27 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D3953
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.
Preparatory drawing for the Caprice 57. The filiation. The creative process leading up to this Caprice is one of the richest.
The first idea appears in the gouache Witches to Fly (B.59) in Notebook B, in much more concise forms, but with the hermaphroditic mask which underlines the autograph inscription La apunta p.r ermafrodita. Followed by Dream no. 11. Caricature masks which pointed to their meaning..., of a very elaborate workmanship and already reported on copper plate, although no proof has been preserved. The hermaphroditic mask between the legs of the young bride takes on an even more provocative air, which may have led Goya to remove this plate from the engraved series.
He resumes the composition in this red wash, reducing the crowd attending the scene and eliminating the monkey and all sexual allusions. The drawing was cut out on a new plate and, by means of important works executed directly on the copper, Goya reached the final stage of his plastic expression.
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Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)Hamburger KunsthalleHamburg1980cat. 47
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Goya. La década de Los CaprichosMadrid1992organized by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando sponsored by Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid, consultant editor Nigel Glendinnig. From October 26th 1992 to January 10th 1993cat. 42
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 30, n. 57
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949pp. 28, 93
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953pp. 147-148, n. 57
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 56a
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 183, nº 566
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 151
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 46
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 96-97
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Goya, Das Zeitalter de Revolutionen. 1789-1830HamburgPrestel-Verlag Münche und Hamburger Kunsthalle1980p. 100
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp. 67-71
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El sueño dibujadoActas de las I Jornadas de arte en Fuendetodos. Realidad y sueño en los viajes de GoyaZaragozaDiputación de Zaragoza1996pp. 41-67
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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. 299
