- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 198 x 140 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 11 Nov 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 4208)
12 ( in pencil. recto, lower left, second support)
3 // 48 (in pencil; reverse of second support)
Throughout the creative process of The Caprices, which had as their first germ some drawings from Notebook A and Notebook B and reached a greater definition of ideas in the series Dreams, Goya also produced numerous loose drawings. On Goya's death these drawings passed successively to his son Javier (+1754) and his grandson Mariano. They were acquired from him around 1861 by the collector and scholar Valentín Carderera. On his death in 1880 they were inherited by his nephew Mariano Carderera, from whom the Prado Museum bought them by virtue of a Royal Order of 12 November 1886.
The preparatory drawing for engraving no. 3, The bogeyman is coming from the series of The Caprices, does not show too many differences with respect to the final result. Goya has clearly defined the composition in which the mother can be seen with the two children in the same pose as in the print. In addition, Goya has taken care to capture the folds of the tunic that completely covers the figure in the centre of the scene. This drapery exercise must be related to some of the drawings made by Goya in the pages of the Italian Notebook. It is likely that the painter's skill in capturing the garments of this figure is the result of his attendance at the Scuola del Nudo or the Académie de France during his stay in Italy (1769-1771).
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Goya. Drawings, Etchings and LithographsGoya. DrawingsLondon1954from June 12th to July 25th 1954p.4, cat.11
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El arte de GoyaMuseo de Arte Occidental de TokioTokyo1971from 16th 1971 to January 23th 1972. Exhibited also at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, January 29th to March 15th 1972.cat. 55
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Los dibujos de GoyaMuseo Provincial de ZaragozaZaragoza1978exhibition 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 1978p. 25, cat. 12
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 17, n. 3
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 69-70
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 188, fig. 89
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 1
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970pp. 176, cat. 456
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 105, cat. 68
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977cat. 3
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Goya, dibujosMadridSilex1980pp. 84-85, cat. 17
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Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMadridMuseo del Prado1993pp. 272-273, fig. 184
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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. 69
