Francisco Goya – Los Caprichos 2026
Francisco Goya – Los Caprichos 2026
The series of 80 prints entitled Los Caprichos, which belongs to the National Gallery’s permanent collections, was purchased along with the rest of Francisco Goya’s print series in 1961 by the then director Marinos Calligas and is the first -and one of two (along with Bullfights)- that were exhibited while the artist was alive.
The unique proposition of this exhibition, organised around thematic sections, lies in the accompanying presentation, under the original prints, of photographs of the surviving preparatory drawings, the majority of which come from the Prado Museum. The connection between prints and their preparatory drawings is important as examining these drawings often reveals to us a narrative element that Goya ultimately chose to suppress in the print, retaining perhaps only a suggestive title.
The series of 80 prints entitled Los Caprichos, which belongs to the National Gallery’s permanent collections, was purchased along with the rest of Francisco Goya’s print series in 1961 by the then director Marinos Calligas and is the first -and one of two (along with Bullfights)- that were exhibited while the artist was alive.
The unique proposition of this exhibition, organised around thematic sections, lies in the accompanying presentation, under the original prints, of photographs of the surviving preparatory drawings, the majority of which come from the Prado Museum. The connection between prints and their preparatory drawings is important as examining these drawings often reveals to us a narrative element that Goya ultimately chose to suppress in the print, retaining perhaps only a suggestive title.
