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Standing man with arms raised

Maker

Francisco Bayeu y Subias (artist)
1734-1795

Ramón Bayeu y Subias (artist)
1746-1793

Title

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black and white chalk on blue paper

Dimensions

Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 27.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1565

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

The Spanish artist Bayeu stands out for his reliance on blue paper, which he used for the majority of his over 500 drawings. He and his brother Ramón (1746–1793) worked as designers for the royal tapestry manufactory in Madrid. Francisco often made drawings on blue paper, which Ramón would enlarge and complete as full-scale designs, which were then placed as guidance directly under the weavers’ looms. The tapestries would thus be in the reverse direction of the original drawings.

This figure is a study for one of the onlookers in a tapestry called The young bull of Carabanchel (in San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain), which depicts an amateur bull-fighting scene. The man is attempting to distract the bull from the injured man lying on the ground.

Provenance

Julian G. Lousada, London (ca. 1874-1945); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawn to Blue: Artists' use of Blue Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/10/2024-26/01/2025

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

Goya and his Times, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1963-64 ...More

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956 ...Less

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 99
p. 271

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 53

Goya and his Times, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1963-1964
cat. no. 333
no. 333
as by Ramon ...More

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 28

du Gué Trapier, Elizabeth, 'Notes on Spanish drawings' in 'Notes Hispanic', 1941
p. 47
fig. 41 on p. 48

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 2
as by Francisco ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “14”; lower right, graphite: "Bayeu"; lower right, brown ink: “4”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “32”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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