Dream of a beginner witch (3rd dream)

Datos Generales

Cronología: Ca. 1796 - 1797
Ubicación: The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones: 238 x 179 mm
Técnica y soporte

Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya: Documented work
Titular: El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión: 14 Sep 2022 / 22 Jun 2023
Inventario: D4392 recto

Inscripciones

[In the upper margin: ] 3o // [In the upper left-hand corner of the print:] 4 (in pencil, recto, lower centre)

Dream / of Witch beginner (in pencil, recto, lower centre)

Watermark: H C WEND / & / / ZOONEN

Historia

On the gestation, history and aims of the series known as Dreams, a set of preparatory drawings for The Caprices, see Dream 1: Universal Language.

Line of provenance of the present drawing: Javier Goya; Mariano Goya, 1854; Valentín Carderera, ca. 1861; Mariano Carderera, 1880; Prado Museum, 1886.

Análisis artístico

See Witches' Dream (Dream 3)

This is the reverse of the sheet Witches' Dream (Dream 3), where he makes the modifications and creates the final composition that he will transfer to the print.

At some point in the process he moistened the paper, which is why the ink lines are slightly blurred.

Exposiciones

Goya. La década de Los Caprichos

Madrid

1992

organized 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 1993

cat. 60
Goya luces y sombras

CaixaForum

Barcelona

2012

consultant editors José Manuel Matilla and Manuela B. Marqués. From March 16th to June 24th 2012

cat. 70
Madrid

2019

cat. 60

Bibliografía

SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN, Francisco Javier

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

1949

p. 99
LÓPEZ-REY, José

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

1953

pp. 156-158, n. 230
SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
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MadridMuseo del Prado

1954

n. 73
GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet

Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
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ParísOffice du livre

1970

p. 184, nº 592
GASSIER, Pierre

Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
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BarcelonaNoguer

1975

pp. 79-78
LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
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MadridSilex

1980

pp. 70-71, n.10
PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ, Alfonso E. y SAYRE, Eleanor A. (directores) and MENA, Manuela B. (comisaria)

Goya y el espíritu de la Ilustración
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MadridMuseo del Prado

1988

p. 244
WILSON-BAREU, Juliet
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

1992

pp. 100-103, n. 60
BLAS BENITO, Javier, MATILLA RODRÍGUEZ, José Manuel y MEDRANO, José Miguel
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado

1999

p. 353
MATILLA, José Manuel and MENA, Manuela B.
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MadridFundación bancaria “la Caixa” y Museo Nacional del Prado

2012

p. 250
MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
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MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado

2019

p. 125
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Dream of a beginner witch (3rd dream)

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