LOT DETAILS

Materials:

brush and grey wash, scraping

Measurements:

9.21 in. (23.40 cm.) (height) by 5.63 in. (14.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed by the artist in black chalk 'Vision de bajar riñendo' (over 'Bajan riñendo') and numbered by the artist '2' in black chalk (corrected by him to '1' or possibly '5' in pen and ink) at upper centre (album D) and with Madrazo's number '47' (Madrazo album III) in pen and ink at upper right

Literature:

P. Gassier, 'Une source inédite de dessins de Goya en France au XIXe siècle', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, LXXX, 1972, p. 116 (as lost). P. Gassier, The Drawings of Goya. The Complete Albums, London, 1973, p. 164, 'Lost drawings': D.j.

Provenance:

By descent to the artist's son, Javier Goya y Bayeu (1784-1854), and by descent to his son, Mariano Goya y Goicoechea, after 1854. Federico de Madrazo, around 1855-60. Paul Lebas; Paris, Drouot, 3 April 1877, lot 86 ('Ils descendent'; 20 Francs to E. Féral).