- Cronología
- 1815 - 1819
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 214 x 316 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 21 Aug 2021 / 01 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D4376
17 (in composite pencil, lower left corner)
1 (in pencil; reverse, centre)
No. 12 [sticker envelope] (in pencil; reverse, upper left)
193 [on adhesive envelope] (in pencil; reverse, bottom right)
48 [in inverted position] (in pencil; reverse, bottom left)
Watermark: "MANUEL SERRA" (right half)
The drawing was inherited in 1828 by Javier Goya, the painter's son, and in 1854 by Mariano Goya y Goicoechea, the artist's grandson. It was subsequently owned by Valentín Carderera (ca. 1861) and Mariano Carderera (ca. 1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera by the Directorate General of Public Instruction and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.
Preparatory drawing for Merry folly. Its composition is very similar to that of the engraving, reflecting the same circle dance, although in this case it is executed with great force through rapid brushstrokes. The figures are not depicted in detail, but they are more lively and joyful than in the engraving.
The present preparatory drawing, like the print, is related to the tapestry cartoon The Dance on the Banks of the Manzanares (1777).
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Goya. Gemälde Zeichnungen. Graphik. TapisserienKunsthalle BaselBasle1953from January 23th to April 12th 1953
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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.
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1972
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Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)Hamburger KunsthalleHamburg1980cat. 155
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Permanencia de la memoria, cartones para tapiz y dibujos de GoyaMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza1997organized by Gobierno de Aragón, Museo Nacional del Prado and Patrimonio Nacional, consultant editor Fernando Checa Cremades. From February 14th to April 6th 1997cat. 44
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Madrid1999
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GoyaGalleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo BarberiniRoma2000consultant editors Lorenza Mochi Onori and Claudio Strinati. From March 18th to June 18th 2000
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 179
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Madrid2019cat. 242
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BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1951pp. 80-82
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Los dibujos de Goya, 2 vols.MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado1954cat. 388
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 326, cat. 1590
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975pp. 448-449, cat. 298
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El mundo de Goya en sus dibujosMadridUrbión1979pp. 332-333
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Roma Edizioni de Luca2000pp. 134-135, cat. 44
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MadridMuseo Nacional y Ediciones El Viso2008pp. 482-483, cat. 179
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2019p. 355
