- Cronología
- Ca. 1795
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 195 x 266 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 18 Aug 2021 / 21 Apr 2023
- Inventario
- D4161
En[er]o 1795 (in pen, recto, lower right; Goya's handwriting)
MP inscribed on shield (ink stamp, recto, lower right-hand corner)
In Flaxman's works (in pen, reverse, lower right; Valentín Carderera's handwriting)
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. Subsequently, it was owned successively by the following artists: Valentín Carderera (Madrid, ca. 1861); Eduardo Carderera Ponzán (Madrid, 1880); Mª Pilar Carderera, widow of Eduardo Carderera (Madrid, 1822); and the heirs of Mª Pilar Carderera (Luis, Fernando and Alfonso Carderera y Carderera). In 1963 it was acquired by the Museo del Prado, where it is currently housed.
This is the most complex of the scenes drawn by goya, inspired by John Flaman´s drawings engraved to illustrate Dante´s Divine Comedy. . In it, occupying a large part of the page, eight standing figures, both male and female, dressed in long cloaks, are arranged in three small groups, while in the lower left corner a woman reclining on a bed embraces her newborn child. According to Pierre Gassier, all these figures were inspired by figures drawn by John Flaxman to illustrate the Paradise of Dante's Divine Comedy, specifically canticles 1, 3, 7, 15, 17 and 26. In fact, the two figures in the centre would represent Beatrice Portinari and Dante himself.
The drawing, like the rest of the series, is characterised by its masterly economy of expressive resources.
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Los dibujos de GoyaMuseo Provincial de ZaragozaZaragoza1978exhibition organized by Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, Ministerio de Cultura and Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, exhibition guide written by Miguel Beltrán Lloris and Micaela Pérez Sáenz. October 1978cat. 57
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Hamburg1979
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La memoria de GoyaMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza2008organized by Fundación Goya en Aragón, consultant editor Juan Carlos Lozano López. From February 7th to April 6th 2008cat. 103
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 195, cat. 765
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LondonThe Burlington Magazine Foundation1971pp. 508-512
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 518, cat. 345
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 129-130
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MadridSilex1980pp. 128-129
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Francisco de Goya. Tomo II: 1785-1796ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982p. 120
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ZaragozaGobierno de Aragón2008p. 366, cat. 103
