- Cronología
- Ca. 1796 - 1797
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 233 x 162 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 23 Nov 2010 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D. 4193)
28 (in pencil; recto, top centre)
19 (in pencil; recto, lower left-hand corner)
Los Mercaderes silbestres (in pencil; obverse, lower centre).
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.
This work is based on the drawing Good people are the moralists (B. 88) from Notebook B and, in turn, will give rise to the Caprice no. 11, Boys at the Windmill.
Goya took up the composition of the drawing from Notebook B and reworked it for Dreams. He added a figure in the background and replaced the knife and pistols in the foreground with a musket in the foreground and others under the canvas in the lower right corner. In addition, he replaced the background of leafy trees with a dry trunk and wind-swept bushes.
When this drawing was transferred to copper it underwent hardly any changes, only the figures in the second foreground on the left disappeared, as well as the foliage next to the tree trunk and the branches coming out of it.
This drawing has the imprint of the press, which leads us to suspect that it was transported on a copper plate.
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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. 262, cat. 159
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Permanencia de la memoria, cartones para tapiz y dibujos de GoyaMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza1997organized by Gobierno de Aragón, Museo Nacional del Prado and Patrimonio Nacional, consultant editor Fernando Checa Cremades. From February 14th to April 6th 1997p. 169, cat. 41
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 19, n. 11
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 73-74
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 190, fig. 106
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 23
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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. 11
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970pp. 177, cat. 473
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 96, cat. 59
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 54
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992p. 262, cat. 160
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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. 101
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Goya en Madrid. Cartones para tapices 1775-1794MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2014p. 114
