- Cronología
- Ca. 1797 - 1799
- Ubicación
- The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 201 x 136 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
- D4220
Watermark: [Shield crowned with the monogram "MA" and the letter "SOLE" (upper half)].
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 the Caprice 53. What a golden beak!
As Matilla explains, in this scene Goya satirizes the vices of the religious orders, criticising the degradation of sacred oratory in the hands of a clergy as ignorant as they were persuasive.
Few drawings agree so closely with the print in terms of composition, and differ from it in the lighting. In the drawing the scene is clear, almost without shadows; except for some half-tones in certain parts. In contrast, in the print we see one of the densest aquatint backgrounds ever used by Goya. Against this background, which is completely opaque, a parrot and a series of figures listening to it with their mouths agape are violently illuminated, as if by an artificial spotlight. The characters have been transferred practically the same as in the print, the only modification being the removal of the silhouette of the child between the legs of the figure in the foreground on the left.
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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. 113
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Francisco de Goya: Maleri, Tegning, GrafikkNasjonalgallerietOslo1996from 10th to April 14th 1996cat. 38
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Francisco de Goya. El proceso creativo de los CaprichosMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1999
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