The Figure of Painting
1769 - 1770. White chalk, Black chalk on green paper.Not on display
The work depicts a figure standing on a cloud with her head to the left of the drawing and foreshortened when viewed from below. On her chest, a sun is depicted. The study of the cloak is very thorough. It is a preparatory drawing for the corresponding figure in the fresco of Apollo protecting the Arts in the room of Consejillos (words of advice) in the El Pardo Palace. Sambricio considers it to be the work of Francisco and painted between 1769–70.
Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos. II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, p.41-42