- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1799
- Dimensiones
- 217 x 152 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Etching and burnished aquatint
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 01 Dec 2010 / 29 May 2024
- Inventario
- 225
They already have a seat (at the bottom)
26. (in the upper right-hand corner)
See Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Painter.
Some state proofs are known, to which only the first medium-grain aquatint was applied in order to achieve two tones. Goya left a reserve of varnish with which to create whites on the faces and legs of the girls.
Two preparatory drawings for this engraving have survived (1) and (2).
In the foreground, two women, possibly prostitutes, have put their petticoats over their heads and placed chairs on their heads. Only their faces and legs are visible. In the background are two men laughing at the young women's witticism.
The situation is taking place in an enclosed and rather dark space. Goya has worked with aquatint almost the entire surface of the engraving, only creating lighter areas that capture our attention on the clothes and the faces of the young women.
The Ayala manuscript explains this image by stating: "The foolish girls will have a seat when they put it on their heads", while the Prado Museum manuscript states: "For the foolish girls to have a seat there is no better thing than to put it on their heads". Finally, we should refer to the manuscript in the National Library, which is the one that defines this print most specifically: "Many women will only have sense, or a seat on their heads when chairs are placed on them. Such is the fury of uncovering their half-body, without noticing the thieves who make fun of them".
The Aragonese painter plays with the double meaning of the term "seat" which, in a figurative sense, refers to judgement. These cheerful women lack judgement, and the only way for them to have it is to put a "seat" on their heads. Those who observe them in the background and openly laugh at the ridiculous and improper attitude of the young women are equally lacking in judgement.
The plate is preserved in the National Chalcography (no. 197).
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De grafiek van GoyaRijksmuseum RijksprentenkabinetAmsterdam1970from November 13th 1970 to January 17th 1971cat. 26
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El arte de GoyaMuseo de Arte Occidental de TokioTokyo1971from 16th 1971 to January 23th 1972. Exhibited also at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, January 29th to March 15th 1972.cat. 68
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Francisco de GoyaMuseo d'Arte ModernaLugano1996exhibition celebrated from September 22nd to November 17th.cat. 26, p.53
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Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1996from September 19th to December 15th 1996cat. 156
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Francisco Goya. Sein leben im spiegel der graphik. Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux. 1746-1996Galerie KornfeldBern1996from November 21st 1996 to January 1997cat. 32
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Goya artista de su tiempo y Goya artista únicoThe National Museum of Western ArtTokyo1999from December 1st to July 3th 1999cat. 122
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Catálogo de las estampas de Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalMadridMinisterio de Educación y Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional1996p.88, cat. 115
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El libro de los caprichos: dos siglos de interpretaciones (1799-1999). Catálogo de los dibujos, pruebas de estado, láminas de cobre y estampas de la primera ediciónMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999pp.168-171
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ParísPinacoteca de París2013p. 254
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Goya. In the Norton Simon MuseumPasadenaNorton Simon Museum2016pp. 42-75
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ZaragozaGobierno de Aragón y Fundación Bancaria Ibercaja2017p. 205
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Museo de Bellas Artes de Badajoz y Diputación de Badajoz2022p. 39