Francisco de Goya

Witches' flight

Clasificación
Witches' flight
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1797
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
206 x 133 mm
Técnica y soporte
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
20 Aug 2021 / 28 Apr 2023
Inventario
D3963
Inscripciones

71 (in pencil, bottom left)

17 (in pencil, bottom left)

71 (in pencil, lower right)

Watermark: [Shield with helmet, bird inside] "D.N J.PH GISBERT / ALCOY" (lower half)

Historia

The drawing passed by inheritance in 1828 to Javier Goya, the painter's son, and in 1854 to Mariano Goya y Goicoechea, the artist's grandson. It was subsequently owned by Valentín Carderera (ca. 1861) and Mariano Carderera (ca. 1880). In 1886 it was acquired from Mariano Carderera by the General Direction of Public Instruction and was assigned to the Prado Museum, where it entered on 12 November 1886.

Análisis artístico

Unlike the old, decrepit witches depicted in some of the Caprices, this drawing features the figure of a young witch who, completely naked, rides through the air towards a coven on the back of a billy goat which, in turn, rides over two old witches carrying torches to illuminate the dark path. According to Gassier, a similar type of nude would be found in the first version of the allegorical theme Truth, Time and History (sketch) and in two associated drawings: Truth Rescued by Time and Truth. Sketch of a Nude Woman, works that Goya produced at the same time as the Caprices

Technically, it is a drawing made with rapid brushstrokes in which the red wash stands out against the whiteness of the young witch's body.

Exposiciones
  • Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)
    Hamburger Kunsthalle
    Hamburg
    1980
  • 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 luces y sombras
    CaixaForum
    Barcelona
    2012
    consultant editors José Manuel Matilla and Manuela B. Marqués. From March 16th to June 24th 2012
Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 208
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 187, cat. 641
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    p. 181, cat. 144
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    El mundo de Goya en sus dibujos
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridUrbión
    1979
    pp. 118-119
  • HOFMANN, Werner (ed.)
    Goya, Das Zeitalter de Revolutionen. 1789-1830
    Bibliography']['number
    HamburgPrestel-Verlag Münche und Hamburger Kunsthalle
    1980
    p. 149
  • CAMÓN AZNAR, José
    Bibliography']['number
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    p. 130
  • WILSON-BAREU, Juliet
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
    1992
    p. 58, cat. 35
  • MATILLA, José Manuel and MENA, Manuela B.
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridFundación bancaria “la Caixa” y Museo Nacional del Prado
    2012
    p. 122
  • Bibliography']['number
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