- Cronología
- 1786
- Ubicación
- Private collection
- Dimensiones
- 35 x 24 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- Private collection
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 09 Dec 2009 / 14 Jun 2023
- Inventario
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- Otros títulos:
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The Flower Girls (Las floreras)
Sketch for the tapestry cartoon The Flower Girls.
This sketch was made by Goya in autumn 1786, to be shown to the king for his approval. A document certifies that the artist requested payment for a carriage to take him to the palace of San Lorenzo de El Escorial expressly for this purpose.
The work was acquired by the ninth Duke of Osuna in 1799. In this collection it appeared under the title of Spring. It went on sale in 1896, at the time of the bankruptcy of the ducal household, by order of the executive bondholder board, and it was bought by the eighth Duke of Montellano, later entering the private collection where it is found today.
Although some writers previously considered this work to be a smaller version of the cartoon, Sambricio provided documentary evidence demonstrating that it was in fact a preparatory work. This writer did not see any major differences between the sketch and the finished cartoon, although Bozal and Wilson do not share this opinion. The former points out the slight differences in the poses and postures of the figures, which are generally more stylized, allowing for light airy spaces between them, which were barely present before. Bozal believes that this change facilitated the figures' integration into their natural surroundings, instead of having them isolated as a compact mass in the centre of the composition.
Wilson points out that these small changes help to clarify the story that is being told in the work, in which the man gets ready to surprise the flower girl with the young rabbit.
In 1862, when it belonged to the Osuna collection, the sketch underwent an intervention at the hands of Isidoro Brun, who replaced the old coat of varnish with a fresh on
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Pinturas de GoyaMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1928consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928cat. 76
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Exposición de bocetos para pinturas y esculturas (Siglos XVI-XIX)Sociedad Española de Amigos del ArteMadrid1949cat. 106
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Bosch, Goya et le fantastiqueVII Bordeaux Internacional ExhibitionBurdeos1957consultant editor Gilberte Martin-Méry. From May 20th to July 31st 1957cat. 151
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The Century of RococoEurope CouncilMunich1958cat. 57
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GoyaMusée Jacquemart-AndréParís1961consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962cat. 28
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Goya en las colecciones madrileñasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1983consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. From April 19th to June 20th 1983cat. 18
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Goya nelle collezioni private di SpagneVilla FavoritaLugano1986consultant editor Marta Medina. From June 15th to October 15th 1986cat. 9
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Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1993from November 18th 1993 to February 15th 1994. Exhibited also at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 18th to June 12th 1994 and The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, July 16th to October 16th 1994, consultant editors Manuela B. Mena Marqués and Juliet Wilson-Bareaucat. 19
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Goya en las colecciones españolasSala de Exposiciones del BBVAMadrid1995consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From December 14th 1995 to February 17th 1996cat. 7
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Goya. La imagen de la mujerMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2001from October 30th 2001 to February 10th 2002. Exhibitied also at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 10th to June 2nd 2002, consultant editor Francisco Calvo Serrallercat. 7
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Goya y el infante don Luis: el exilio y el reino.Palacio Real, MadridMadrid2012Arte y ciencia en la época de la ilustración española. Responsable científico Francisco Calvo Serraller. Del octubre de 2012 a enero de 2013.cat. 48
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Goya en Madrid. Cartones para tapices 1775-1794Museo Nacional del PradoMadrid2014p. 254
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GoyaBasle2021p. 98
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L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 volsParís1928-1950vol. I, p. 187, cat. 146
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Goya. Catálogo de la pinturaZaragozaReal Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis1994p. 192, cat. 153
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Goya en Madrid. Cartones para tapices 1775-1794MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2014p. 259
