- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 192 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
- D4223
85? (pencil, under left-hand corner)
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 61. Volaverunt. The drawing does not allow the subject to be captured as accurately as the engraving, and there are also notable differences: In the drawing the sorcerers are only two, while in the print there are three, and the woman, instead of flying as in the etching, seems to take a determined stride above the sorcerer who is looking at the viewer.
As for the flying position, Goya is given to repeating it, as can be seen in Caprice 46. Correction, and Capriche 52, What a Tailor Can Do. cholars have unanimously agreed that this composition depicts the Duchess of Alba being carried in flight by a series of witches/warlocks. One could also compare the figure of the woman, who unfurls her veils to fly, with the drawing Nightmare (E.20) from Notebook E, or Black-bordered, of a similar subject, but with profound differences in conception.
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Goya: images of womenNational Gallery of ArtWashington2002
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Madrid2007cat. 3
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París2008
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 31, n. 61
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 95
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953p.205, fig. 211
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 59
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 183, nº 574
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 154
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977p. 48
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 106-107
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 315
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WashingtonNational Gallery of Art. Washington2002p. 275
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La duquesa de Alba, «musa» de Goya. El mito y la historiaMadridEdiciones el Viso, Museo Nacional del Prado2006p. 62