- Cronología
- Ca. 1796 - 1797
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 308 x 209 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 23 Sep 2022 / 23 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D4239
23 (in pencil; recto, lower left-hand corner)
82 (in ink; recto, upper right-hand corner)
23 [cut] (in pencil; recto, upper centre, recto, top centre)
Este es un hombre qe. pr qe. le digeron qe tenía la / cara yndecente se puso los calzones en la / cabeza y solo pa. comer se descubriae, y / con razon, qe ay caras qe debian yr en calzones [partially crossed out] (in pencil; recto, lower centre)
MUSEO DEL PRADO [coat of arms of Spain] (ink stamp; verso, lower right-hand corner)
108 (reverse, lower centre)
54 (reverse, upper left corner)
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 54, The Shameless Man. It depicts a deformed man whose head comes out of his breeches, with a face in which the nose resembles a phallus, a satire of man's lust.
There are slight variations between the print and the preparatory drawing, commented on by Matilla: in the print he wears trousers, while in the drawing he does not. Furthermore, in the print a third figure appears in the scene. It is also the only drawing in the series in which red ink wash is mixed with pen.
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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. 145
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 92
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 203, fig. 196
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 53
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p.182, nº 560
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 100
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp. 242-243
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 287
