- Cronología
- Ca. 1796 - 1797
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 235 x 161 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 14 Sep 2022 / 23 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D3916
76 (in pencil; recto, lower left-hand corner)
La enfermedad de la razón [superimposed on the inscription Nightmare dreaming...] (in ink; recto, lower centre)
Pesadilla soñando qe. no me podia dispertar ni desen- / rredar de mi nobleza en donde bi [a unos] nobles mons- / truos con la misma enfermedad [under the inscription The disease of reason] (in pencil; recto, lower centre)
35 (verso, upper centre)
35 (verso, left)
35 [turning] (in red, reverse, left)
Watermark: H C WEND / & / ZOONEN [Large shield with helmet and letters "H -- C / W" inside].
On the gestation, history and aims of the series known as Dreams, a set of preparatory drawings for The Caprices, see Dream 1: Universal Language.
Line of provenance of the present drawing: Javier Goya; Mariano Goya, 1854; Valentín Carderera, ca. 1861; Mariano Carderera, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.
Preparatory drawing for the etching of Caprice 50. The Chinchillas. The scene depicts the aristocrats encased in their noble coats of arms, who neither move, nor see, nor hear. They only eat the food given to them by the women and men of the place. It is thus, according to Matilla, a fierce criticism of hereditary and unproductive aristocracy.
The print and the preparatory drawing are not identical, as Matilla describes: in the engraving the women and the male figure holding the spoon have disappeared. They are replaced by a blindfolded figure with donkey's ears.
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Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)Hamburger KunsthalleHamburg1980cat. 35
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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 1993cat. 119
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Madrid2019cat. 53
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p.28, n. 50a
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 90
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 202, fig. 187
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 49
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 186, nº 623
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 102
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 93-94
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MadridSilex1980pp. 82-83, nº 16
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Goya, Das Zeitalter de Revolutionen. 1789-1830HamburgPrestel-Verlag Münche und Hamburger Kunsthalle1980p. 89
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Goya y el espíritu de la IlustraciónMadridMuseo del Prado1988pp. 234-235
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp. 202-203
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El sueño dibujadoActas de las I Jornadas de arte en Fuendetodos. Realidad y sueño en los viajes de GoyaZaragozaDiputación de Zaragoza1996p. 53, fig. 19
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 271
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 122
