Mendigos que se llevan solos en Bordeaux (Beggars Who Get about on Their Own in Bordeaux)

1824/1827

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This drawing is a sketch of a person sitting in a wheelchair that has two large wheels with spokes in the front and a smaller wheel in the back. The person's body is facing the left and their head is turned to the right as they lean slightly forward. Their features are sketched loosely, but they appear to have a beard and a partially open mouth. They wear a hat and a shirt with ragged edges, as well as plain dark pants. We can see their hands on their lap, and their legs appear to end at the knee. The background is plain paper, with some words written below the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on greenish laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.4 x 14 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.51.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Javier Goya y Bayeu (1828); Mariano Goya y Goicoechea (1854); Federico de Madrazo (c. 1855-1860); Jules Boilly, Paris (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19-20 March 1869, lot 48, an album of 20 drawings, to Leurceau); Hyadès, Bordeaux; private collection, Paris; Alfred Strölin, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1933; purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, June 1987; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • Goya in der Krise seiner Zeit, Württembergerischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; Kustverein Munich, 1980-1981, no. 214, repro.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, (hors de catalogue).

1988

  • Goya and the Spirit of Enlightenment, Museo del Prado, Madrid and tour, 1988-1989, no. 167 (Boston and New York only), repro.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 143, repro.

1993

  • Nine Old Master Drawings: Recent Gifts from the Woodner Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993 (checklist only).

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 99, as Mendigos que se llevan solos en Bordeaux (Beggars Who Get about on Their Own in Bordeaux), repro.

2001

  • Goya, Drawings from His Private Albums, Hayward Gallery, London, 2001, no. 98, repro.

2006

  • Goya's Last Works, The Frick Collection, New York, 2006, no. 31, repro.

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2006-2007.

2014

  • Goya: Order & Disorder, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2014-2015, no. 212, repro.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1933

  • Mayer, August L. "Dibujos Desconocidos, de Goya" Revista Española de Arte. (September 1933): repro. 382, 384.

1934

  • Mayer, August L. "Some Unknown Drawings by Francisco Goya." Old Master Drawings 34 (1934): 21.

1971

  • Gassier, Pierre and Juliet Wilson. The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya. New York, 1971: no. G.29.

1973

  • Gassier, Pierre. Francisco Goya Drawings, The Complete Albums. New York, 1973: no. G.29 [387].

1994

  • Tomlinson, Janis. Francisco Goya y Lucientes. London, 1994: 268, repr. 270.

2003

  • Hughes, Robert. Goya. New York, 2003: 397, repro.

2006

  • Brown, Jonathan and Susan G. Galassi. Goya's Last Works. New York, 2006: 186, fig. 31.

Inscriptions

upper right in black chalk: 29; across bottom in black chalk: Mendigos qe. selleban solos en Bordeaux; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Goya

Watermarks

Three-leaf clover on heart

Wikidata ID

Q64569736

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