- Cronología
- Ca. 1796 - 1797
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 246 x 174 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
- P00753
27 (in pencil; recto, lower left-hand corner)
2 (in sanguine; reverse, centre)
41 (reverse, right)
Sueno / De Brujas [...] Agente en diligencia / de brujas [...] agente en diligencia (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.
Preparatory drawing for Caprice 68, Pretty teacher!
The composition shows a young and an old witch flying on a broom. The latter gives instructions on how to fly to the younger one, a fact that is reflected in Goya's handwritten notes in Caprice 68.
Matilla and Mena speak of the satirical sense of the image in relation to the artist's and his contemporaries' criticisms of the illusionism and procrastination symbolised by the world of night and witches. It must also be linked to sexuality and initiation into prostitution. In this piece, the old witch or procuress teaches the younger one, who hides her identity, to fly, a synonym for sex.
The drawing shows the traces left by the pressure of the press when intaglioing the 213 x 149 mm copper plate.
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Goya: images of womenNational Gallery of ArtWashington2002
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Madrid2019cat. 51
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p.32, n. 68
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 98
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953pp. 155-156, n. 68
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 67
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WashingtonSmithsonian Institution Press1955P. 14
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 184, n. 588
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975P. 80
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 111-112
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp. 46-49
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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. 50, fig. 4
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999P. 343
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 120
