Francisco de Goya

Housework

Clasificación
Housework
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1797
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
202 x 138 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
20 Aug 2021 / 19 Apr 2023
Inventario
D3939
Inscripciones

Esprit follet ou lutin (in pencil, bottom right)

10 (in pencil, bottom left)

25 (in pencil, lower left)

83 (in pencil, reverse)

Historia

The drawing passed by inheritance in 1828 to Javier Goya, the painter's son, and in 1854 to Mariano Goya y Goicoechea, the artist's grandson. It was subsequently owned by Valentín Carderera (ca. 1861) and Mariano Carderera (ca. 1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera by the General Direction of Public Instruction and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.

Análisis artístico

In this drawing the general sense of the scene is not very clear. In the centre of the composition a stylised young woman with a generous décolleté is doing some work on a table while an old woman behind her seems to be ironing, judging by the iron next to her. At the level of the young woman's head is the figure of a figure who seems to be smiling at her and who, according to Lafuente Ferrari, would be a friar.

According to Gassier, the inscription added in French at the lower right is erroneous. Translated into English it means crazy or latin spirit, a phrase that has nothing to do with the context of this drawing. If Goya had made this inscription, we might think that we are looking at a young maja preparing to go out while the old woman helps her to groom herself.

Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 196
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 186, cat. 634
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    p. 175, cat. 138
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    pp. 119-120
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    p. 96
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