Francisco de Goya

How to fly (preparatory drawing)

Clasificación
How to fly (preparatory drawing)
Datos Generales
Cronología
1815 - 1816
Ubicación
Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
245 x 348 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Undisputed work
Titular
Lázaro Galdiano Foundation
Ficha: realización/revisión
22 Aug 2021 / 13 Apr 2023
Inventario
14866-22
Inscripciones

Goya (in pencil, lower right; apocryphal signature)

Watermark: "MANUEL SERRA".

Historia

This drawing was acquired by José Lázaro Galdiano before 1928. It was rediscovered by Juliet Wilson-Bareau. It is now in the library of the Fundación Lázaro Galdiano in Madrid.

Análisis artístico

Preparatory drawing for Way of Flying. It is almost identical to the print, as it shows the same characters with flying contraptions. The main difference with the engraving lies in the daylight radiating from the drawing, which has nothing to do with the dark aquatint of the print, apparently added in the 1864 edition of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. It has the marks of having been passed through the press.

The present drawing is quite different from the other preparatory studies for the series of the Follies, which were executed very freely, in contrast to the great meticulousness seen here, which can be explained by the fact that the print for which this drawing is a preparatory study was probably not conceived as an integral part of the series but was incorporated into it afterwards.

Exposiciones
  • Madrid
    2002
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 326, cat. 1592
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    pp. 450-451, cat. 299
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    pp. 334-335
  • CANO CUESTA, Marina
    Goya en la Fundación Lázaro Galdiano
    MadridFundación Lázaro Galdiano
    1999
    p. 118, cat. 10
  • CANO CUESTA, Marina
    MadridFundación Santander Central Hispano
    2002
    p. 276
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    p. 244
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