- Cronología
- Ca. 1795
- Ubicación
- Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, España, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 176 x 261 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- © Biblioteca Nacional de España
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 18 Aug 2021 / 25 Apr 2023
- Inventario
- DIB/15/8/22
Stamp of provenance from the Carderera Collection (stamped in ink, lower right)
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). In 1867 it was acquired, along with the rest of the series and other drawings from the Carderera Collection, by the National Library of Spain.
In this work Goya copied Flaxman´s engraved drawings entitled The Procession of the Hypocrites which illustrates canto XXIII of the Inferno in Dante´s Divine Comedy. The hypocrites are dressed in tunics down to their feet and their geads are covered with hoods, preventing their faces from being seen. In Flaxman´s drawing these digures pass two by two, trampling on Caiaphas, crucified on the ground. In the Aragonese frawing the monks also go in procession in pairs. However, the figure of Caiaphas is replaced by that of a monk crouching in shadow to fill the gap between the two pairs of hypocrites.
Goya's figures are distinguished by the generation of volume through the interplay of light and shadow, unlike Flaxman's drawings, which are characterised by their configuration based on hard, cold lines. According to Pierre Gassier, of all the drawings in the series, this is the most coherent.
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Madrid1922cat. 189
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Grabados y dibujos de Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1946catalogue Elena Páez Ríoscat. 176
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Goya. Gemälde Zeichnungen. Graphik. TapisserienKunsthalle BaselBasle1953from January 23th to April 12th 1953
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GoyaFestival Internacional de Granada, Palacio de Carlos VGranada1955consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferraricat. 81
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GoyaMusée Jacquemart-AndréParís1961consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962cat. 149
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Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional. Exposición de grabados y dibujos en el sesquicentenario de su muerteBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1978May - June 1978cat. 167
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 195, cat. 761
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LondonThe Burlington Magazine Foundation1971pp. 508-512
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 514, cat. 341
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MadridMinisterio de Cultura1978p. 47, cat. 167
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 129-130
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http://catalogo.bne.esMadridBiblioteca Nacional18-03-2011