This drawing related to one of the Disasters of War was neither engraved nor published.In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequ [+]
This drawing related to one of the Disasters was neither engraved nor published. Gassier questioned its authorship due to its scant quality: “Certain details, such as the hand visible at the center, a [+]
Though related to Goya’s Disasters of War, this drawing was neither engraved nor published. Its composition is framed in red chalk and the corners are emphasized with touches of the same material. The [+]
Satan’s Desperation does not correspond to any of the prints from the Disparates, but it shares the same formal and technical characteristics as the rest of that series’ preliminary drawings: the same [+]
The series begins with a scene alluding to the mythical origins of tauromachy, in which Goya depicts the bullfighting practices of the first Spanish settlers in a natural landscape where herds of wild [+]
A preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 27, Charity. Once more, Goya eliminates any reference that could specifically identify the event being depicted in order to create an emotionally gripping s [+]
Preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 41, They escape through the flames.In this series Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the Spanish Peninsular War (1808-14) that [+]
Though related to Goya’s Disasters of War, this drawing was neither engraved nor published. Its composition is framed in red chalk and the corners are emphasized with touches of the same material. The [+]
A preparatory drawing for Disparates, 6, Cruel Folly. The title of the plate comes from an artist’s proof now at the Museo Lázaro Galdeano in Madrid. Before this state proof with the handwritte [+]
People in Sacks is a drawing related to print no. 8 from the Disparates series that Goya began in 1815. The composition of this drawing is vaguely related to the print, People in Sacks (G02176). [+]
A preparatory drawing for Disparates, 16, Exhortation. The series of figures aligned to form a chain alludes to the difficulty of choosing between virtue and chastity, on one hand; and lechery and vic [+]
Preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 20, Get them well, and on to the next.In this series Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the Spanish Peninsular War (1808-14) th [+]
The title of his drawings carries over from the previous drawing of the series, entitled The Daring of Martincho in the Ring at Saragossa. Martincho rose to fame with his daring passes. This compositi [+]
A preparatory drawing for Even worse (Disasters of War, 22) G00693, G02352.In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the [+]
The old attribution to the Mannerist painter Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-1596) may have been suggested by the handling, with its extensive passages of white heightening, as well as the Michelangelesque f [+]
There is no known engraving of this drawing, which shows a multitude of small figures climbing the body of a sleeping giant with a brightly lit face. Unlike other works by Goya, the giant’s facial fea [+]
Although the presence of women in Tauromaquia is restricted to the role of spectators, Goya did include the notable exception of Nicolasa Escamilla, nicknamed La Pajuelera because in her youth she was [+]
In this drawing and the They can still serve (D04244), Goya presents one of his harshest criticisms. At first glance, both seem to depict village people picking up the war wounded and carrying them to [+]