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20-05-2026
Francisco Bayeu

Zaragoza, 1734 - Madrid, 1795

Francisco Bayeu See author's file

A Captive

1783. White chalk, Black chalk on green paper.
Not on display

This is a preparatory drawing for a figure in the central left part of the fresco The Imprisonment of Saint Eulogius in the cloister of Toledo Cathedral, which keeps a preparatory sketch. The Museo del Prado keeps other related drawings and a sketch for the same fresco. The figure is depicted standing in profile and with his hands tied. The nude and the cloth covering the central part of the figure are studied.

Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos. II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, p.87

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Inventory number
D003259
Author
Francisco Bayeu
Title
A Captive
Date
1783
Technique
White chalk; Black chalk
Support
Green paper
Dimension
Width: 319 mm; Height: 560 mm
Series
Serie de preparatorios para el fresco de La Prisión de San Eulogio en el Claustro de la Catedral de Toledo
Provenance
Royal Collection

Bibliography +

Arnáez, Rocío, Dibujos de Francisco Bayeu en el Museo del Prado, Archivo español de arte, 178, 1972, pp. 124, nº 51.

Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos. II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, pp. 87.

Morales y Marín, José Luis, Francisco Bayeu. Vida y obra, Ediciones Moncayo, Zaragoza, 1995, pp. 163, nº 215.

Francisco Bayeu: 1734-1795 : exposición Zaragoza, 18 abril-1, Museo e Instituto de Humanidades "Camón Aznar", Zaragoza, 1996, pp. 201, nº 48.

Hollweg, Pia, Anton Raphael Mengs’ Wirken in Spanien, Peter Lang, 2008.

Other inventories +

Inv. Real Museo, Sección Dibujos, 1857. Núm. 79.
79. Otro idem [dibujo] de idem idem [estudio de figura], del mis- / mo [Bayeu]. Alto un pie y once pulgadas; / ancho un pie y una y media idem [pulgada]. / Tiene cristal y marco de nogal con / filotes dorados lisos.

Inv. Dibujos, Fondo Antiguo. Núm. 209.

Inscriptions +

...CIONAL DE PINTURAS [DIRECCION DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE PINTURAS]
Ink stamp of Museo Nacional de Pinturas. Front, upper central area

MP [Anagrama con las iniciales dentro de un escudo]
Printmaking. Front, lower right corner

Claustro dela Catedral de Toledo / (Fran(co). Bayeu)
Inscribed in pen and ink. Front, Lower right area

79.
Octagonal label, straight sides, blue border. Front, lower central area

209
Printmaking. Lower right corner, Front, Secondary support

Exhibitions +

Francisco Bayeu
Zaragoza
18.04.1996 - 19.05.1996

Dibujos de Francisco Bayeu
Zaragoza
17.11.1995 - 13.12.1995

Update date: 20-05-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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