Francisco de Goya

The same Ceballos mounted on another bull that broke the rejones in the bullring of Madrid (preparatory drawing).

Clasificación
The same Ceballos mounted on another bull that broke the rejones in the bullring of Madrid (preparatory drawing).
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1814 - 1816
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
199 x 283 mm
Técnica y soporte
Pencil and sanguine on laid paper
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
02 Oct 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
Inventario
(D4311)
Inscripciones

24 (in pencil, lower left corner)

Historia

 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.

Análisis artístico

 See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.

Preparatory drawing of the print The same Ceballos mounted on another bull that broke the rejones in the bullring of MadridThis is a work of great quality, in which we see the bullfighter Mariano Ceballos, alias "El Indio", on the back of a bull, while he tries to dominate it and it charges another bull. Ceballos and the bull he is riding occupy practically the whole of the drawing, and behind, in a foreshortened position, appears the other bull, which is lighter in colour. The drawing is stripped of any element that might distract attention from this spectacle.

When the drawing was transferred to the plate, Goya kept the same composition and the only slight changes were the shadows that appear on the bull in a foreshortened position and under the charging bull. The bullfighter's face is less expressive than in the print, although here too, despite its lower level of finish, it conveys the sensation that the figure is making a great effort to control the animal.

Gassier emphasises the bull's leap and how well Goya captures his muscles in this action. For him it is related to a drawing in Notebook E entitled Nightmare and to the lithograph of the Bordeaux Bulls called The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos, in which we again see Ceballos on the back of a bull.

Exposiciones
  • Madrid
    2002
  • Madrid
    2007
Bibliografía
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Bibliography']['number
    1946
    pp. 177-216, espec. pp. 201-202
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
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    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 177
  • GLENDINNING, Nigel
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    1961
    pp. 120-127
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísLe Club Français du Livre
    1963
    p. 112
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
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    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 279, cat. 1199
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Bibliography']['number
    Barcelona
    1974
    p. 16
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
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    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    pp. 382-383, cat. 266
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MEDRANO, José Miguel
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    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2001
    pp. 81-83
  • Bibliography']['number
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