Head of a Dying Man
1818. Black chalk on laid paper.Not on display
On the lower part of the drawing, in chalk, “Goya” on the left, and “1818” on the right. On the lower part of the sheet, in ink, by the hand of Felipe de Arrojo: “(hasta los numeros son echos de / mano de Goya) / estos apuntes echos con / lapiz, por mano del / celebre pintor goya / cabeza de Sn. Jose Calasanz / que está en la Escuela pia. / dada á su / discipulo / Felipe Arrojo / en 1818 Madrid.” [“(even the numbers are done by / the hand of Goya) / these sketches done in / chalk, by the hand of the / celebrated painter Goya / show the head of St Joseph Calasanz / which is in the Pious School. / Given to his / pupil / Felipe Arrojo / in 1818 Madrid.”]; in chalk, by the hand of Goya: “29[thousand sign]916 / 28[thousand sign]889”.
