Francisco de Goya

What a madness!

Clasificación
What a madness!
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1820 - 1823
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
147 x 205 mm
Técnica y soporte
Sanguine on laid paper
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Undisputed work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
26 Dec 2010 / 25 May 2023
Inventario
(D.4266)
Inscripciones

26 (in the bottom left-hand corner)

Historia

See Sad forebodings of what is to come.

This drawing, like the set of preparatory drawings for the rest of the engravings in the series, was part of the Carderera collection and subsequently passed to the Prado National Museum, where it is now kept.

Análisis artístico

Compared to the engraving, this preparatory drawing has some differences. The objects surrounding the seated monk do not yet appear in it, and neither the religious elements nor the masks that are present in the print have been designed. Furthermore, the disturbing figures in the background of the print are two silhouettes that Goya has placed on the right. They are two well-defined shadows that are perceived more clearly than in the print.

The drawing is, in general terms, ostensibly clearer than the engraving.

Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 128
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    cat. 1111
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    cat. 216
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