- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 203 x 143 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 13 Sep 2022 / 27 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D4229
73 (in pencil, lower left corner)
Watermark: [Shield with helmet, bird inside, and underneath "D.N J.PH GISBERT / ALCOY" (lower half)].
On the origin of this and other preparatory drawings for The Caprices, see the commentary on the first of them, corresponding to Caprice number 1 (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, painter), and on the one corresponding to Caprice 3 (The bogeyman is Coming).
Line of provenance of this drawing: Javier Goya; Mariano Goya, 1854; Valentín Carderera, ca. 1861; Mariano Carderera, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.
Preparatory drawing for the Caprice 77. One another. For Matilla, the scene represents the abuses of the Nobility and the Church towards the weak people, which appear recurrently in Goya's work.
This drawing was reproduced in practically the same way in the engraving. The idea expressed by this scene is more or less the same as that of Caprice 56. Rising and falling, the caprices of fortune elevate or precipitate those who entrust themselves to it.
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 34, n. 77
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 102
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p. 211, fig.245
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 79
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 185, nº 608
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 164
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 52
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 381
