- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 191 x 135 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 13 Dec 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 4363)
21 (in pencil., recto, lower left-hand corner)
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.
This drawing was used as a preparation for Caprice no. 34, Sleep yields them. On the verso of the sheet we can see some brushstrokes in Indian ink representing a head.
The composition of the drawing is very similar to that of the print. Goya introduced practically no modifications; the four women and the opening in the background are presented in a similar manner in both cases, although the hooded figure on the left is barely sketched.
The Aragonese painter has combined sanguine with grey ink wash and pen-and-bugalla ink, suggesting a change during the working process. He sketched the figures quickly and superficially, taking particular interest in the effects of light that he would achieve when he transferred this image to the copper plate.
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 24, n. 34
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 83
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 197, fig. 153
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 31
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Goya. Los Caprichos. Colección de ochenta y cinco estampas en las que se fustigan errores y vicios humanosMadridEdiciones de Arte y Bibliofilia1966cat. 34
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 175, cat. 519
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 130, cat. 93
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 39
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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. 201
