Francisco de Goya

Mob (Populacho)

Clasificación
Mob (Populacho)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1814 - 1820
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
148 x 206 mm
Técnica y soporte
Sanguine on laid paper
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Undisputed work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
02 Dec 2010 / 31 May 2023
Inventario
(D. 4246)
Inscripciones

16 (on the lower left-hand corner).

Historia

See Sad presentiments of what must come to pass.

This drawing, along with the set of preparatory drawing for the rest of the prints in this series, formed part of the Carderera Collection and was subsequently acquired by the Prado Museum where it is currently housed.

Análisis artístico

The preparatory drawing for the print Mob (Populacho) is a precise, detailed work in which Goya already has a firm idea of the postures of the two figures in the foreground who are beating a third figure - a man who may be dead or alive - since the artist maintains those postures in the final print. He also maintains the crowd that witnesses the macabre scene in the final print. Likewise, in the drawing Goya sketches the body or corpse of the victim of the brutal beating delicately but in great detail, achieving the same effect in the print.

Despite the numerous similarities between the print and the preparatory drawing there are some differences, such as the building in the background, which is placed higher up in the drawing and has more windows, as well as in the two figures beating the man: in the print they are notably darker, depicted with more shadows to accentuate their sinister nature.

Exposiciones
  • Los dibujos de Goya
    Museo Provincial de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    1978
    exhibition organized by Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, Ministerio de Cultura and Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, exhibition guide written by Miguel Beltrán Lloris and Micaela Pérez Sáenz. October 1978
  • Goya y la Constitución de 1812
    Museo Municipal de Madrid
    Madrid
    1982
    organized by Madrid Town Hall, consultant editor José Manuel Pita Andrade. From December 1982 to January 1983
  • Goya
    Koninklijke Musea Voor Schone Kunsten Van België
    Brussels
    1985
    consultant editor Luis González Seara. From October 26th to December 22nd 1985
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 101
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    cat. 1041
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    cat. 187
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    MadridSilex
    1980
    pp.134-135
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    pp. 308-309
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