- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 205 x 146 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Sanguine on paper
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 16 Dec 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 4381)
No moriras de ambre [on the pedestal on which the monkey is seated on the left] (in red pencil. recto, lower left)
26 (in pencil. Obverse. Lower left-hand corner)
Watermark: Large shield with helmet, bird inside, and underneath "D.N J.PH GISBERT / ALCOY" (upper half)
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 Caprice 41, Neither more nor less
The composition is the same as that of the print except reversed.
Under the block on which the monkey sits is an inscription, No moriras de ambre (You will not die of hunger). The artist must adapt to the client's taste if he wants to make a living. Thus, the focus of the print is on the monkey, unlike in the engraving where the satire is focused on the donkey.
Goya's extensive experience as a portrait painter is reflected in this drawing. His knowledge of the different types of personalities portrayed throughout his career legitimises him to satirise the painter's activity. He himself had to deal with different clients, but he was always sincere in depicting them as he saw them.
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Goya: Drawings and PrintsThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York1955from May 4th to 30th 1955p.4, cat. 18
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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 1993p. 225, cat. 134
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 26, n. 41
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 86
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 199, fig. 168
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 39
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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. 41
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 181, cat. 532
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Goya, 1746-1828. Biografía, estudio analítico y catálogo de sus pinturasBarcelonaEdiciones Polígrafa s.a.1970vol. I, pp. 396, fig. 635
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 136, cat. 99
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p.41
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 91-93
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992p. 225, cat. 134
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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. 231
