- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 196 x 141 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 13 Sep 2022 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D.3950
14 (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.
Preparatory drawing for the Caprice 50. The Chinchillas. The first ide for this print was in the Dream, Dream 17. The Disease of Reason.
This preparatory drawing shows two inert characters, armoured and chained, being spoon-fed by a faceless being with donkey's ears. The print follows this design faithfully, adding a dark aquatint background to create a violent illumination that dramatises the scene.
E. Helman found the literary source for the subject, the comedy El domine Lucas by Cañizares, in which one of the main characters is called Chinchilla. The play is a satire on nobles imbued with genealogy.
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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. 120
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 28, n. 50
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949pp. 47; 90
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953pp. 142-143, fig. 188
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 50
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 182, nº 552
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 145
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 44
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 190-193, 202
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp. 202-205
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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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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 271
