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Raphael to Renoir: Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Recto, 65: Cantan para el q.e lo hizo (They sing for the one who made it up), 1796–97
From the double-sided sheet of drawings from Album B ("Madrid Album")
Brush, ink, and wash on laid paper with partial watermark: fleur-de-lis; 9 1/4 x 5 13/16 in. (23.5 x 14.7 cm)
Numbered on recto, 65, by the artist in brush and gray ink at top right: 65; numbered by the artist's son Javier in pen and black ink at top center: 8.
Collection of Jean Bonna, Geneva
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In this drawing and its verso, Sueña de un tesoro. (She dreams of a treasure), from one of his earliest albums, Goya's ink-laden brush framed his first battery of attacks on the foibles of Spanish culture, which evolved into the satirical suite of eighty etchings Los Caprichos, published in 1799. The artist's familiarity with contemporary English and French caricature helped him to transform a polite concert into a raucous performance and a young lady's dreams into a dip in a chamber pot.
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