"This catalogue has been published on the occasion of the exhibition "Goya: drawings: only my strength of will remains", on view at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid from 20 November 2019 to 16 February 2020. The exhibition has been co-organized ith the Fundacion Botin."
Summary:
The tie-in publication for the major exhibition at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Drawings by Francisco de Goya brings together around 250 drawings by Goya from the Prado’s archive, as well as public and private collections around the world. Since the publication of the definitive catalogue raisonne on Goya’s drawings in 1973, the number of drawings attributed to Goya has changed, giving rise to the need for this new volume, which updates two centuries’ worth of information on the subject. This book is the result of the research undertaken for the publication of a new catalogue raisonne of Goya’s drawings, one of the keystones of the Prado’s collection and one to which the Prado has devoted significant attention. Presented as a chronological survey of his drawings throughout his career, from Italian Sketchbook to the Bordeaux Albums, this text offers an up-to-date vision of the ideas that reappear in Goya’s work and reveals the ongoing relevance of his thinking.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.