Quarrel at the Cockerel Inn (La riña en el Mesón del Gallo) (sketch)

Sketch for the tapestry cartoon Quarrel in the New Tavern.

It belonged to the collection of the French historian Charles Yriarte, of Spanish origin, who acquired it at some point before 1867, the year in which it was reproduced in his work Goya, sa vie, son œuvre. It was sold in Paris at an auction held in the Hotel Droûot, on 26 December 1898, after the death of the owner that same year. The work found its way into the Wertheimer collection in Paris.

It was bought by the National Government on 2002.

Thanks to a document published by Sambricio we know that this sketch, along with three other studies, were referred to by Andrés de la Calleja when justifying the valuation that he gave to the group of cartoons delivered by Goya in August 1777, along with the invoice that the painter presented. The valuer understood that, owing to the size of the canvases and to the fact that they were Goya's own designs, the artist must have dedicated much time to them, and would have made the effort to create sketches and drawings from life, also entailing additional expenses.