- Cronología
- 1777
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 289 x 225 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Lápiz negro y clarión sobre papel gris-azulado verjurado
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Attributed work
- Titular
- El Prado National Museum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 28 Nov 2009 / 11 May 2021
- Inventario
- (D4189)
(...)/ DIsabel/ Dn Juan/ DJuana/ Dn.Fernando/ Dn.Alonso/ (...) tiempo (reverso)
This is a preparatory drawing for Dance on the Banks of the Manzanares. It belonged to Javier Goya, then Mariano Goya, and subsequently the collections of Vicente Carderera and Mariano Carderera. It was acquired by the Prado Museum on 12 November 1886.
This drawing depicts a majo (young man) who is keeping time with the music by clapping his hands, as Goya describes in the invoice for the work.
The work is executed using the same technique that characterizes all the surviving preparatory drawings for tapestry cartoons, a technique also employed by Francisco Bayeu. The similarities between the two artists' style and technique have meant that correctly attributing these works has been problematic.
In this case, the sureness of the line, unfinished strokes and the artist's partiality for movement and light lead Tomlinson to the conclusion that the drawing is Goya's work. Nevertheless, there are other authors who are of the opinion that this drawing does not have the personality that the Aragonese genius shows later on in series such as the Caprices, and that this sketch is no different to those produced by other draftsmen of the time.
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Permanencia de la memoria, cartones para tapiz y dibujos de GoyaMuseo de ZaragozaZaragoza1997organized by Gobierno de Aragón, Museo Nacional del Prado and Patrimonio Nacional, consultant editor Fernando Checa Cremades. From February 14th to April 6th 1997cat. 7, sec. VI
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Tapices de GoyaMadridPatrimonio Nacional1946pp. 93, 204, cat. 11ª y lám. 54
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Los dibujos de Goya, 2 vols.MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado1954vol. II, cat. 443
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970pp. 46, 85, cat. 75
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vol. I, p. 245 y vol. II, p. 88
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 94, cat. 70a
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Dibujos de Goya, 2 volsBarcelonaNoguer1975p. 38, cat. 10
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. I, p. 86
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Imagen de GoyaMadridLumen1983pp. 64-65
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Francisco de Goya, cartones y tapicescol. Col. Espasa ArteEspasa Calpe1987pp. 73, 186, 250, cat. 15D
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Francisco de Goya. Los cartones para tapices y los comienzos de su carrera en la corte de Madridcol. Col. Ensayos de Arte CátedraMadridCátedra1987p. 58 (il.)
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Goya. 250 AniversarioMadridMuseo del Prado1996p. 288