- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 204 x 144 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 13 Sep 2022 / 27 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D4227
52 (in pencil, lower left corner)
Watermark: [Shield with helmet, bird inside, and underneath "D.N J.PH GISBERT / ALCOY" (lower 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 75. Is there no one to untie us?
Matilla talks about how Goya criticises the falsehood in relations between men and women, one of the main themes of the Caprichos, represented by this drawing and the following drawing Is there no one to untie us? (2), which is only a variant of the same theme.
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p.101
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 210, fig.241
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 72
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 185, nº 603
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 161
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977pp. 51-52
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 103-105
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 373
