- Cronología
- Ca. 1814 - 1816
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 196 x 294 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 01 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (D4298)
25 (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 of the print A Spanish knight in the bullring breaking rejoncillos without the help of the pimps. This is a high-quality preparatory study depicting a bullfighting scene on horseback in which a "caballero en plaza" on his mount rejonea a bull. The two, perfectly opposed to each other, are depicted in full movement. Goya captures the moment when the horseman is about to thrust the rejón into the animal's neck.
In the background is the barrier that can be seen in the print and behind it a large number of figures contemplating the scene, who in the engraving are reduced to a small group.
In the title of the print and the drawing itself, mention is made of the chulos, who entered the bullring to help the knight if necessary, although on this occasion the knight dispenses with them as he is sufficiently skilled to act alone.
The drawing was affixed to a second sheet of laid paper belonging to a French army record book in Spain.
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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. 271
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Goya. Gemälde Zeichnungen. Graphik. TapisserienKunsthalle BaselBasle1953from January 23th to April 12th 1953cat. 111
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Goya: toros y torerosEspace Van GoghArles1990displayed also at Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, consultant editor Pierre Gassier.
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Sevilla2001cat. 74
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1946pp. 177-216, espec. pp. 185 y 193-194
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 165
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ParísLe Club Français du Livre1963p. 80
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 278, cat. 1177
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Barcelona1974p. 14
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975pp. 360-361, cat. 255
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 185-186
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2001pp. 62-63
