- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 203 x 132 m
- Técnica y soporte
- Sanguine on paper
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 14 Dec 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 4238)
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 the Caprice nº 37, Whether the disciple will know more?
This sketch has some differences with respect to the engraving. The first of these is that on the page of the book carried by the donkey, four "A's" have not been written, but lines that seem to form an "M". The second significant difference is that the master's ears are not hidden under a cap, but are visible. However, it seems that Goya made a correction that he will keep in the engraving, as he draws a cap on top of it in the sketch in the Prado Museum.
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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. 27, cat. 24
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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. 217, cat. 129
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 84
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 198, fig. 158
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 16a
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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. 37
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 180, cat. 523
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 132, cat. 95
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 40
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992p. 217, cat. 129
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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. 213
