- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 202 x 136 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Sanguine on paper
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 21 Dec 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 4383)
24 (in pencil. Obverse, upper right-hand corner)
Watermark: [Shield with helmet, bird inside, and underneath "D.N J.PH GISBERT / ALCOY" (upper 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 no. 48, Whistleblowers.
In th sketch, the figure in the habit in the foreground seems to be looking more directly at the buttocks from which the suckers are emanating, which Goya has resolved superficially. This monk's face is also less aged and caricatured than the one in the print.
The flying demon has been depicted in a more ferocious manner, as the wings end in spikes and, instead of a feline paw, he has a horrible claw. On the right, a monstrous head is replaced in the engraving by the heads of two animals.
This drawing was executed by Goya on a rapid manner, with just a few strockes that are enough to describe the silhouettes of the figures, with particular emphasis on the figure in the background who is covering his ears with his hands.
This preparatory drawing is in a poor state of preservation and the right half of the composition has almost disappeared. It is also possible that it was reported on copper, as the lower part of the sheet shows several folds that testify that it was passed through the press.
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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. 75
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 27, n. 48
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 89
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 201, fig. 183
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 47
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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. 48
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 182, cat. 548
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Goya, 1746-1828. Biografía, estudio analítico y catálogo de sus pinturasBarcelonaEdiciones Polígrafa s.a.1970vol. I, pp. 396, fig. 646
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 143, cat. 106
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 43
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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. 263
