Francisco de Goya

What courage! (Qué valor!)

Clasificación
What courage! (Qué valor!)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1810 - 1815
Ubicación
The Prado National Museum. Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
145 x 198 mm
Técnica y soporte
Sanguine on paper
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Undisputed work
Titular
El Prado National Museum
Ficha: realización/revisión
25 Nov 2012 / 25 May 2023
Inventario
(D.4345 recto)
Inscripciones

4 (lower left-hand corner).

Historia

This drawing, just like the set of preparatory drawings made for the other prints in the series, formed part of the Carderera collection before arriving at the Prado Museum, where it is currently housed.

Análisis artístico

Goya made this drawing before transferring the design to the etching plate. By this stage he already appears to have had a clear idea in mind of the end result, and very few changes were subsequently introduced. In the drawing, the woman's body is slightly smaller in relation to the cannon. In the final etching, Goya kept the cannon the same size and made the female figure larger. We can see another difference in the pile of bodies that the woman is standing on. In the drawing, behind the body shown in the foreground, we can make out another body, with raised and parted legs. Goya may have decided to use this posture for the figure in print no. 30, Ravages of war, in which we see a woman with her knees bent and her legs apart, rather than include it in the finished print of this design.

Exposiciones
  • Los dibujos de Goya
    Museo Provincial de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    1978
    exhibition organized by Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, Ministerio de Cultura and Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, exhibition guide written by Miguel Beltrán Lloris and Micaela Pérez Sáenz. October 1978
  • Francisco de Goya: Maleri, Tegning, Grafikk
    Nasjonalgalleriet
    Oslo
    1996
    from 10th to April 14th 1996
Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 84
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    Bibliography']['number
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    cat. 1001
  • GASSIER, Pierre
    Dibujos de Goya, 2 vols
    Bibliography']['number
    BarcelonaNoguer
    1975
    cat. 169
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique
    Bibliography']['number
    MadridSilex
    1980
    pp. 130-131
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