Giant figure on a balcony

This is the reverse of the first preparatory drawing for the engraving They're Plucked, from the series of the Caprices. The figure of a giant in front of a balcony is at the centre of the composition. He is dressed as if he were a monk, wearing a habit and hood. With his head lowered, he looks down as if saying a prayer while a group of people laugh behind him. Gassier states that this figure may be in the line of the colossi that Goya was so fond of and which can be found in paintings (The Colossus or Saturn eating a Son) as well as in engravings (The Colossus) and drawings. The composition of the balcony may be reminiscent of the balustrade painted by Goya on the dome of the Chapel of San Antonio de la Florida in Madrid (Miracle of Saint Anthony of Padua).

There is no evidence that this drawing was engraved, although copper marks are visible on the paper.