Francisco de Goya

Dream of consummated witches (7th dream)

Clasificación
Dream of consummated witches (7th dream)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1796 - 1797
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
244 x 169 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
22 Jul 2021 / 22 Jun 2023
Inventario
D4192
Inscripciones

7 (in pencil; recto, top centre)

37 (in pencil; recto, lower left-hand corner)

88 (in pencil; recto, lower right-hand corner)

Sueño de Brujas / consumadas (in pencil; recto, bottom centre)

16 (verso, right-hand side)

16 (reverse, left)

Watermark: H C WEND / & / ZOONEN [Large shield with helmet and letters "H C W" inside].

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

Preparatory drawing for Caprice 69. Blow, the initial idea already appeared in the drawing Aunt Chorriones lights the bonfire (B. 57).

The scene is an example, as Manuela Mena describes, of how to dominate and bend children to the witch's will. In this case the exact purpose is to stoke the fire, while the rest of the wizards and witches admire their master's achievements. The witch's exploits are evident in the final edition stamped through her successful expression as she boasts of having achieved her goal. In the sky another flying witch gazes with maternal tenderness at the two infants she carries with her, while another spreads her powerful owl wings and looks up at the sky with gratitude.

This is one of the scenes in which Goya used the witch and her demonic acts as a metaphor for man's evil. It is one of the most sophisticated and technically complex drawings, with highly detailed anatomy and grotesque faces.

It is also related to the preparatory drawing Dream 6. Proclamation of witches forbidding those under thirty years of age, no matter how meritorious their flying may be.

The drawing shows the imprint of the foil print left by the pressure of the press during the intaglio process on the copper plate measuring 214 x 150 mm, as well as vertical stipples measuring 25-26 mm.

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
  • Goya: Prophet der Moderne
    Alte Nationalgalerie
    Berlin
    2005
    from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués
  • Santander
    2017
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • D'ACHIARDI, Pierre
    Bibliography']['number
    Roma D.Anderson: Editeur
    1908
    p.32, n. 69
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN, Francisco Javier
    Los Caprichos de Goya y sus dibujos preparatorios
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaInstituto Amatller de Arte Hispánico
    1949
    p. 98
  • LÓPEZ-REY, José
    Goya’s Caprichos. Beauty, Reason and Caricature
    Bibliography']['number
    Nueva JerseyPrinceton University Press
    1953
    p. 208,fig. 227
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 68
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 184, nº 590
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    p. 83
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridSilex
    1980
    pp. 72-73, nº 11
  • WILSON-BAREU, Juliet
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
    1992
    pp. 97-98
  • BLAS BENITO, Javier, MATILLA RODRÍGUEZ, José Manuel y MEDRANO, José Miguel
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    1999
    p. 349
  • SCHUSTER, Peter-Klaus, SEIPEL, Wilfried y MENA, Manuela B. (editores)
    Bibliography']['number
    Dumont
    2005
    p.184
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B.
    Bibliography']['number
    SantanderFundación Botín y Museo Nacional del Prado
    2017
    pp. 36 n.4; 159-160 n. 4
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    p. 295
  • Bibliography']['number
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