- Cronología
- Ca. 1814 - 1815
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 187 x 293 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 03 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D4319)
- Otros títulos:
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3 (in pencil, lower left-hand corner)
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.
This preparatory 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 (1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera, along with many other drawings by Goya, including almost all the preparatory studies for the Bullfight, by the Directorate General of Public Instruction, and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.
See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.
Preparatory drawing for the print A knight in the bullring breaking a rejoncillo with the help of a pimp (Bullfighting A). The subject of this drawing should be compared with that of the engraving A Spanish Gentleman in the Bullring Breaking a "rejoncillos" without the help of the "chulos", in which a Spanish gentleman also breaks a "rejoncillos", but in this case without the help of the "chulos". The compositions are different: here we see the bull pouncing on the horse mounted by the knight in the arena who is trying to thrust the rejoncillos at him.
In front of the bull, in addition to the knight mounted on his horse, we see a pimp with a cape in his hands, causing the bull to focus on him and thus bend his neck so that the knight can better thrust the rejón at him.
The composition rehearsed in this preparatory drawing will be transferred with remarkable fidelity to the plate and therefore to the print.
The paper retains creases from being passed through the press.
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Goya. Exposition de l’oeuvre gravé, de peintures, de tapisseries et de cent dix dessins du Musée duBibliothèque nationale de FranceParís1935cat. 275
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Goya. Gemälde Zeichnungen. Graphik. TapisserienKunsthalle BaselBasle1953from January 23th to April 12th 1953cat. 116
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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 1978pp. 36-37, cat. 92
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1946p.210
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954cat. 185
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ParísLe Club Français du Livre1963p.160
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 280, cat. 1220
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Barcelona1974p. 19
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975cat. 277
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2001pp. 99-100
