- Cronología
- Ca. 1819 - 1823
- Ubicación
- The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Dimensiones
- 154 x 234 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- The British Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 25 Aug 2021 / 28 Apr 2023
- Inventario
- 1876,0510.374
Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez; Paul Lefort, Paris; sale Paul Lefort, Paris, 1869; Philippe Burty, London; sale Philippe Burty at Sotheby's, 1876; British Museum, 1876.
On the right of the composition a monstrous figure, as if it were a demon, drags a man tied by the feet with a rope. The whiteness and repose of his body are reminiscent of piety and contrast with the chaos of diabolical beings, monsters, animals and demented faces that surround him, depicted in grey, forming a sombre and confused background.
This is the drawing that served as the basis for the lithograph Infernal Scene in the National Library, Madrid). In both cases, the figures move from left to right towards an area of light that could represent an abyss or the underworld. The scenes have a nightmarish aura that pervades much of Goya's work and suggest a connection with his Black Paintings. It is also similar to the drawing The Road to Hell.
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Reinassance to Goya. Prints and drawings from SpainBritish MuseumLondon2012exhibition organized from September 20 2012 to January 6 2013, British Museum, London
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Madrid2013
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 186
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London1976
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Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)Hamburger KunsthalleHamburg1980cat. 271
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Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalBiblioteca NacionalMadrid1996from September 19th to December 15th 1996cat. 316
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