Francisco de Goya

The Moors are doing another bullfight in the square in their bathrobes (preparatory drawing).

Clasificación
The Moors are doing another bullfight in the square in their bathrobes  (preparatory drawing).
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1814 - 1816
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
192 x 295 mm
Técnica y soporte
Sanguine on laid paper
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
01 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
Inventario
D4378
Inscripciones

2 (in pencil; recto, lower right-hand corner)

Engraving (reverse, top centre)

1 [Under the annotation "Engraving"] (reverse, upper centre)

212 (reverse, lower centre)

Watermark: J HONIG / & / ZOONEN

Historia

 See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.

Javier Goya, Madrid, 1828; Mariano Goya, Madrid, 1854; Valentín Carderera, Madrid, c. 1861; Mariano Carderera, Madrid, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.

Análisis artístico

See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.

This very luminous scene is a preparatory drawing for the print The Moors are doing another bullfight in the square in their bathrobes. Matilla describes the figures of the main characters as being quite accurately drawn: two Moors and a bull, with some spectators peering out from behind a stage in the background. The main figures have been criticised for what appears to be an anachronism in the costumes, which demonstrates the artist's intention to remake the history of bullfighting from images he himself witnessed.

Of particular interest in this scene is the presence of a burladero with spectators, as is also seen in the engraving Cape another enclosed one. The audience, Matilla comments, plays an important role in the composition of the series, especially in the modern scenography, as they provide clues as to Goya's true position on this bullfighting festival which maintains an important level of public spectacle. However, as the series progresses, the spectators also become protagonists and participants in the celebration.

Exposiciones
  • Madrid
    2002
  • Goya en tiempos de guerra
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    2008
    consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008
Bibliografía
  • D'ACHIARDI, Pierre
    Roma D.Anderson: Editeur
    1908
    pp. il. CX
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    1946
    pp. 185, 189-190
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 155
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    ParísLe Club Français du Livre
    1963
    p. 56
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 277, n. 1160
  • SALAS, Xavier de
    TokyoMinisterio de Auntos Exteriores
    1971
    p. 86
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Barcelona
    1974
    pp. 6, 11
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    pp. 340-341
  • WILSON-BAREU, Juliet
    Goya's prints: the Tomás Harris Collection in the British Museum
    LondonBritish Museum Press
    1981
    p. 68
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MEDRANO, José Miguel
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2001
    pp. 50-51
  • MENA MARQUÉS, Manuela B.
    Goya en tiempos de guerra
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2008
    pp. 420-421
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