Francisco de Goya

Datos Generales
Cronología
1777
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
41,9 x 67,3 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
19 Nov 2009 / 14 Jun 2023
Inventario
(P07801)
Historia

Sketch for the tapestry cartoon Quarrel in the New Tavern.

It belonged to the collection of the French historian Charles Yriarte, of Spanish origin, who acquired it at some point before 1867, the year in which it was reproduced in his work Goya, sa vie, son œuvre. It was sold in Paris at an auction held in the Hotel Droûot, on 26 December 1898, after the death of the owner that same year. The work found its way into the Wertheimer collection in Paris.

It was bought by the National Government on 2002.

Thanks to a document published by Sambricio we know that this sketch, along with three other studies, were referred to by Andrés de la Calleja when justifying the valuation that he gave to the group of cartoons delivered by Goya in August 1777, along with the invoice that the painter presented. The valuer understood that, owing to the size of the canvases and to the fact that they were Goya's own designs, the artist must have dedicated much time to them, and would have made the effort to create sketches and drawings from life, also entailing additional expenses.

Análisis artístico

The differences with regards the finished cartoon Quarrel in the New Tavern are apparently minimal, although certain modifications can be appreciated.

The fresh, agile brushwork, in keeping with a sketch and perfectly in tune with the violent theme represented here, is lost in the final work. The dimensions change, since whilst in the sketch the figures fight inside a more reduced space, arranged horizontally almost as in a frieze, in the cartoon the scene is extended. The "venta" appears further away than the "mesón" and some dogs have been added to fill in the gaps between the figures. The most important change, however, is the disappearance of the sign that Goya had painted over the door to the inn showing the name of the establishment.

The horizontal, frieze-like arrangement indicates that Goya was able to study some pieces, probably during his trip to Italy. This composition was retained for the cartoon - though with a much tidier, more calculated arrangement - as was the landscape in the background, albeit in a more tranquil and peaceful version.

Conservación

Cleaned in 1993.

Some retouching.

Exposiciones
  • Goya dans les collections suisses
    Fundación Pierre Gianadda
    Martigny
    1982
    consultant editor Pierre Gassier. From June 12th to August 29th 1982
  • Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturas
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1993
    from November 18th 1993 to February 15th 1994. Exhibited also at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 18th to June 12th 1994 and The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, July 16th to October 16th 1994, consultant editors Manuela B. Mena Marqués and Juliet Wilson-Bareau
  • Zaragoza
    2021
Bibliografía
  • YRIARTE, Charles
    Goya, sa vie, son œuvre
    ParísHenri Plon
    1867
    p. 149
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    vol. I, p. 62, cat. 3
  • SAMBRICIO, Valentín de
    Tapices de Goya
    MadridPatrimonio Nacional
    1946
    pp. 64, 97-98, 205, cat. 12 y láms. 55-5
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    pp. 75, 85, cat. 77
  • GUDIOL RICART, José
    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 245, cat. 64
  • ANGELIS, Rita de
    L’opera pittorica completa di Goya
    MilanRizzoli
    1974
    p. 94, cat. 71
  • ARNAIZ, José Manuel
    Francisco de Goya, cartones y tapices
    col. col. "Espasa Arte"
    Espasa Calpe
    1987
    pp. 75-76, 152, 188, 251, cat. 16C
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. I, p. 86
  • TOMLINSON, Janis A.
    Francisco de Goya. Los cartones para tapices y los comienzos de su carrera en la corte de Madrid
    col. col. "Ensayos de Arte Cátedra"
    MadridCátedra
    1987
    pp. 61-65, 89 y p. 62 (il.)
  • MENA, Manuela B. y WILSON-BAREAU, Juliet (comisarias)
    Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturas
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1993
    pp. 119-123, cat. 7 y p. 121 (il.)
  • MENA MARQUÉS, Manuela B.
    La riña en el mesón del gallo
    col. col. "Serie Uno"
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2002
  • GALLEGO GARCÍA, Raquel (comisaria)
    Goya. Traveler and artist of the Grand Tour (exp. cat.)
    ZaragozaGobierno de Aragón
    2021
    pp.84-85
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