- Cronología
- Ca. 1796 - 1797
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 238 x 179 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 14 Sep 2022 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D4392 recto
[In the upper margin: ] 3o // [In the upper left-hand corner of the print:] 4 (in pencil, recto, lower centre)
Dream / of Witch beginner (in pencil, recto, lower centre)
Watermark: H C WEND / & / / ZOONEN
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 is the reverse of the sheet Witches' Dream (Dream 3), where he makes the modifications and creates the final composition that he will transfer to the print.
At some point in the process he moistened the paper, which is why the ink lines are slightly blurred.
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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. 60
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Goya luces y sombrasCaixaForumBarcelona2012consultant editors José Manuel Matilla and Manuela B. Marqués. From March 16th to June 24th 2012cat. 70
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Madrid2019cat. 60
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 99
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953pp. 156-158, n. 230
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 73
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 184, nº 592
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975pp. 79-78
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MadridSilex1980pp. 70-71, n.10
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Goya y el espíritu de la IlustraciónMadridMuseo del Prado1988p. 244
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp. 100-103, n. 60
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 353
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MadridFundación bancaria “la Caixa” y Museo Nacional del Prado2012p. 250
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 125
