- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1798
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 238 x 163 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 13 Sep 2022 / 27 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- D3952
49 (in pencil. recto, upper right-hand corner)
100 (in composite pencil. Lower part, reverse, second support)
4 (in blue pencil. Centre of reverse, second support)
7 // 64 (in composite pencil. Upper left, second mount)
Watermark: H.C. Wend & Zoonen [Large shield with helmet and letters "H -- C / W" inside].
On the origin of this and other preparatory drawings for The Caprices, see the commentary on the first of them, corresponding to Caprice number 1 (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, painter), and on the one corresponding to Caprice 3 (The bogeyman is Coming).
Line of provenance of this drawing: Javier Goya; Mariano Goya, 1854; Valentín Carderera, ca. 1861; Mariano Carderera, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.
Preparatory drawing for Caprice 52. What a tailor can do! In this scene, Goya covers the trunk of a tree with clerical vestments, recreating a preacher in one of his most common postures, with his arms wide open. His head is covered with a hood and before him kneels a praying woman, behind whom a grimacing audience can be seen. Goya criticises and censures the tendency of the Church to fill its temples with images that incite superstition and the decadence of education, according to Matilla.
Not only the composition of the drawing and that of the print are identical, but also the distribution of light and shade. Thanks to the red wash, Goya was able to achieve the same effects as with aquatint.
It is stamped with the imprint left by the pressure of the press during the process of tracing the drawing onto the copper plate, 218 x 152 mm.
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Goya y la Constitución de 1812Museo Municipal de MadridMadrid1982organized by Madrid Town Hall, consultant editor José Manuel Pita Andrade. From December 1982 to January 1983cat. 60
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Goya. La década de Los CaprichosMadrid1992organized by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando sponsored by Fundación Central Hispano, Madrid, consultant editor Nigel Glendinnig. From October 26th 1992 to January 10th 1993cat. 52
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Francisco de Goya: Maleri, Tegning, GrafikkNasjonalgallerietOslo1996from 10th to April 14th 1996cat. 37
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Gant2017
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur1908p. 28, n. 52
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Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatoriosBarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico1949p. 91
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Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and CaricatureNueva JerseyPrinceton University Press1953pp. 202, n. 52
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MadridMuseo del Prado1954n. 40c
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 182, n. 556
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The Changing image: Prints by Francisco GoyaBostonMuseum of Fine Arts1974p. 78
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 147
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Los Caprichos de Goyacol. Serie punto y líneaBarcelonaGustavo Gili1977pp. 44-45
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MadridSilex1980pp. 104-105, nº 27
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MadridAyuntamiento de Madrid1982p. 178
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando1992pp. 87-90
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado1999p. 279
