The bogeyman is coming

Datos Generales

Cronología: Ca. 1797 - 1798
Ubicación: The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones: 198 x 140 mm
Técnica y soporte

Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya: Documented work
Titular: El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión: 11 Nov 2010 / 26 Jun 2023
Inventario: (D. 4208)

Inscripciones

12 ( in pencil. recto, lower left, second support)

3 // 48 (in pencil; reverse of second support)

Historia

Throughout the creative process of The Caprices, which had as their first germ some drawings from Notebook A and Notebook B and reached a greater definition of ideas in the series Dreams, Goya also produced numerous loose drawings. On Goya's death these drawings passed successively to his son Javier (+1754) and his grandson Mariano. They were acquired from him around 1861 by the collector and scholar Valentín Carderera. On his death in 1880 they were inherited by his nephew Mariano Carderera, from whom the Prado Museum bought them by virtue of a Royal Order of 12 November 1886.

Análisis artístico

The preparatory drawing for engraving no. 3, The bogeyman is coming from the series of The Caprices, does not show too many differences with respect to the final result. Goya has clearly defined the composition in which the mother can be seen with the two children in the same pose as in the print. In addition, Goya has taken care to capture the folds of the tunic that completely covers the figure in the centre of the scene. This drapery exercise must be related to some of the drawings made by Goya in the pages of the Italian Notebook. It is likely that the painter's skill in capturing the garments of this figure is the result of his attendance at the Scuola del Nudo or the Académie de France during his stay in Italy (1769-1771).

Exposiciones

Goya. Drawings, Etchings and Lithographs

Goya. Drawings

London

1954

from June 12th to July 25th 1954

p.4, cat.11
El arte de Goya

Museo de Arte Occidental de Tokio

Tokyo

1971

from 16th 1971 to January 23th 1972. Exhibited also at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, January 29th to March 15th 1972.

cat. 55
Los dibujos de Goya

Museo Provincial de Zaragoza

Zaragoza

1978

exhibition organized by Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, Ministerio de Cultura and Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, exhibition guide written by Miguel Beltrán Lloris and Micaela Pérez Sáenz. October 1978

p. 25, cat. 12

Bibliografía

D'ACHIARDI, Pierre
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Roma D.Anderson: Editeur

1908

p. 17, n. 3
SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN, Francisco Javier

Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatorios
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BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico

1949

p. 69-70
LÓPEZ-REY, José

Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and Caricature
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Nueva JerseyPrinceton University Press

1953

p. 188, fig. 89
SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
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MadridMuseo del Prado

1954

n. 1
GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet

Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
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ParísOffice du livre

1970

pp. 176, cat. 456
GASSIER, Pierre

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BarcelonaNoguer

1975

p. 105, cat. 68
LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique

Los Caprichos de Goya

col. Serie punto y línea
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BarcelonaGustavo Gili

1977

cat. 3
LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique

Goya, dibujos
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MadridSilex

1980

pp. 84-85, cat. 17
MENA, Manuela B. y WILSON-BAREAU, Juliet (comisarias)

Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturas
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MadridMuseo del Prado

1993

pp. 272-273, fig. 184
BLAS BENITO, Javier, MATILLA RODRÍGUEZ, José Manuel y MEDRANO, José Miguel

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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado

1999

p. 69
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The bogeyman is coming

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