Francisco de Goya

Powerful witch who, by hydrops, takes the best flyers for a ride (9th dream).

Clasificación
Powerful witch who, by hydrops, takes the best flyers for a ride (9th dream).
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1796 - 1797
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
240 x 168 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
D4205
Inscripciones

9 (in pencil; recto, top centre)

70 (in pencil; recto, lower left-hand corner)

110 (in pencil; recto, lower right-hand corner)

Sueño. / Bruja poderosa que por ydropica sacan a paseo las mejores boladoras. (in ink; recto, lower centre)

39 (reverse, upper part)

Watermark: H C WEND / & / ZOONEN

Historia

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.

Análisis artístico

A preparatory drawing for Caprice 65. Where's Mummy Going? in which, according to Matilla, four figures are depicted accompanied by animals of the night, such as the owl, who, together with two other figures, hold a large woman who appears naked in the centre of the scene. Meanwhile, another figure coils around her back.

Sebastián de Covarrubias in his Treasury of the Castilian Language (1674), defines Dropsy as: "a disease of watery humour that swells the whole body. Sometimes it is caused by greed, because no matter how much a person drinks, he does not quench his thirst, nor does the greedy person, no matter how much he acquires, quench his greed".

The drawing shows an imprint of the foil print left by the pressure of the press during the intaglio process on the 210 x 167 mm copperplate, as well as vertical stipples measuring 26 mm.

Exposiciones
  • Goya: images of women
    National Gallery of Art
    Washington
    2002
  • Goya
    Basle
    2021
Bibliografía
  • D'ACHIARDI, Pierre
    Roma D.Anderson: Editeur
    1908
    p.32, n. 65
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN, Francisco Javier
    Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatorios
    BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico
    1949
    p. 97
  • LÓPEZ-REY, José
    Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and Caricature
    Nueva JerseyPrinceton University Press
    1953
    p. 207, fig. 219
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 64
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    pp. 183, nº 582
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    p. 85
  • BLAS BENITO, Javier, MATILLA RODRÍGUEZ, José Manuel y MEDRANO, José Miguel
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    1999
    p. 331
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