Datos Generales
- Cronología
- 1810 - 1814
- Ubicación
- Galería de las Colecciones Reales, Madrid, Spain
- Dimensiones
- 33.1 x 51.5 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on wood panel
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Titular
- National Heritage
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 15 Mar 2010 / 23 Aug 2023
- Inventario
- 10009053
- Otros títulos:
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Two paintings on the War of Independence (2/2)
Inscripciones
Numero 2 / Fabrica de balas de fusil / establecida por D. Josef Mallen / en la Sierra de Tardienta / en Aragón / en los años de 1811, 12 y 13 ("Number 2 / Manufacture of bullets / established by Mr Josef Mallan / in the Sierra de Tardienta / in Aragón / in the years 1811, 1812, and 1813"), on the back.
688 (lower right-hand corner, in white).
Historia
Análisis artístico
The bullet manufacturing process began with the melting of the lead in the great fire as shown on the right-hand side of this composition. The metal was then introduced in a double mould. In this image, the man on the left is separating the twin bullets and piling them up ready for the men working the lathe to give them their rounded shape.
Some have interpreted the great crag in the background as a symbolic representation of Napoleon, a menacing presence before which the guerrillas work unperturbed on their clandestine task.
This work was painted on reused pine wood, which already had a layer of green paint on it.
For more information on this pair of paintings, see The Manufacture of Gunpowder.
Exposiciones
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Goya 1900Ministerio de Instrucción Pública and Bellas ArtesMadrid1900consultant editors Aureliano de Beruete, Alejandro Ferrant, Marqués de Pidal and Ricardo Velázquez. May 1900cat. 4: Casa Real
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Pinturas de GoyaMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1928consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928cat. 79/32: S.M. el Rey
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Les chefs-d’œuvre du Musée du PradoMusée d’Art et d’HistoireGeneva1939consultant editors Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Pedro Muguruza Otaño. From June to September 1939cat. 35
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Exposición conmemorativa del centenario de GoyaPalacio de OrienteMadrid1946organized by Patrimonio Nacional. June 1946cat. 282
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Bienal de VeneciaPabellón de EspañaVenecia1952cat. 27
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Goya. Gemälde Zeichnungen. Graphik. TapisserienKunsthalle BaselBasle1953from January 23th to April 12th 1953cat. 28
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Stora Spanska MästareNationalmuseumStockholm1959cat. 147
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GoyaMusée Jacquemart-AndréParís1961consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962cat. 63
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Francisco de Goya. IV Centenario de la capitalidadorganized by Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Dirección General de Bellas Artes at the Casón del Buen RetiroMadrid1961consultant editor Valentín de Sambriciocat. 54
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Goya and his timesThe Royal Academy of ArtsLondon1963cat. 66cat. 99
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Goya en las colecciones madrileñasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1983consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. From April 19th to June 20th 1983cat. 44
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GoyaKoninklijke Musea Voor Schone Kunsten Van BelgiëBrussels1985consultant editor Luis González Seara. From October 26th to December 22nd 1985cat. 33
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La alianza de dos monarquías: Wellington en EspañaMuseo MunicipalMadrid1988organized by Fundación Hispano-Británica in collaboration with Ayuntamiento de Madrid. From October 19th to December 11th 1988cat. 263
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Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1993from November 18th 1993 to February 15th 1994. Exhibited also at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 18th to June 12th 1994 and The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, July 16th to October 16th 1994, consultant editors Manuela B. Mena Marqués and Juliet Wilson-Bareaucat. 91
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Realidad e imagen. Goya 1746 – 1828Museo de ZaragozaZaragoza1996consultant editor Federico Torralba Soriano. From October 3th to December 1st 1996cat. 56
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GoyaGalleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo BarberiniRoma2000consultant editors Lorenza Mochi Onori and Claudio Strinati. From March 18th to June 18th 2000cat. 26
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Goya: Prophet der ModerneAlte NationalgalerieBerlin2005from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marquéscat. 96
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 77
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Goya y el infante don Luis: el exilio y el reino.Palacio Real, MadridMadrid2012Arte y ciencia en la época de la ilustración española. Responsable científico Francisco Calvo Serraller. Del octubre de 2012 a enero de 2013.cat. 47
Bibliografía
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L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 volsBibliography']['numberParís1928-1950vol. I, p. 256, cat. 228
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaBibliography']['numberParísOffice du livre1970pp. 213, 257, 267, cat. 981
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Bibliography']['number
BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 358, cat. 619
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaBibliography']['numberMilanRizzoli1974p. 126, cat. 550
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DiplomatarioBibliography']['numberZaragozaInstitución Fernando el Católico1981pp. 326, 369, nºs 227, 240
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.Bibliography']['numberZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. IV, p. 257 (il.)
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Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasBibliography']['numberMadridMuseo del Prado1993pp. 303-305, 377, cat. 91 y p. 307 (il.)
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Goya en tiempos de guerraBibliography']['numberMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2008p. 272, cat. 77 y p. 273 (il.)
