In the centre of a rectangular surface Bosch incised a circle in which he depicted this scene of Extracting the stone of madness. The resulting image is a mirror that offers a reflection of folly and [+]
Goya’s Album C exemplifies the complexity of his work. Made during the Peninsular War and the posterior repression under the reign of Ferdinand VII, it addresses subjects linked to many facets of that [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 66, There it goes (G02102) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for the Caprichos. Headed by Dr [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 7, God forgive her: Even thus he cannot make her out (G02095) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the ba [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 40, Of what illness will he die? (G02115) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for The Caprichos [+]
This preparatory drawing for an unpublished plate from the Caprichos is one of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings known as The Dreams, which constitute the basis for Los Caprichos. They are headed by Dre [+]
This drawing was first identified by Manuela Mena Marqués as a preparatory study for Prophet Jeremiah, one of a group of six prophets painted in fresco by Guercino for the cupola of Piacenza’s [+]
This is a preparatory drawing for the etching Blow (G02157), which is Capricho 69. Together, the twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that constitute the basis for The Caprichos are known as The Dreams. Th [+]
The last part of Album C -drawings 119 through 131- consists of a group of images that present clergy of both sexes with a degree of irony emphasized by the titles that Goya wrote on each page. Critic [+]
International Language is the preparatory drawing for the well-known Capricho 43, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, and it bears the marks of having been transferred to the copper plate. The fina [+]
The woman in the air, who almost certainly holds the text of the Constitution of 1812, personifies Truth, which illuminates everything, as opposed to the forces of the Ancien Régime represented [+]
This work is an example of Goya’s last group of drawings, in which he shows monks and nuns removing their habits following their secularization -voluntary or forced. The drawing is a literal represent [+]
This preparatory drawing for Caprichos, 70, Devout profession is in two parts. The image on the front of the paper is called Dream of a beginner witch while the rear one, which appears with the title, [+]
This is the most Raphaelesque of all the sixteenth-century Italian drawings in the Prado, the confident style of drawing in black chalk echoing that of Raphael´s own late drawings in the medium, above [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 63, Look how solemn they are! (G02151) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for the Caprichos. H [+]
A preparatory drawing for the etching, Capricho 50. The Chinchillas (G02138). The group of twenty-six pen drawings that constitute the basis for The Caprichos in its initial phase, make up the Dreams [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 11, Lads Making Ready (G02099 / G00644) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for the Caprichos. [+]
A preparatory drawing for the etching, Capricho 62, Who could believe it! (G02150). Together, the twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that constitute the basis for The Caprichos are known as The Dreams. T [+]