Inscription: Inscribed in brush and gray wash (with pen and ink corrections), above and below the image: Tuto parola e busia / el charlatan qe, arranca una quijada y lo / creen. (Every word is a lie; the Charlatan pulls out a jaw [written over: jawbone] and they believe it.); "quijada" in irongall ink (now brown) over "barrilla"; numbered at the upper left, brush and grey wash: '68'; number '10', in upper right corner in pen and ink [pertaining to Fortuny Album, no.10]
Javier Goya y Bayeu, (from 1828); Mariano Goya y Goicoechea (Spanish), (from 1854); Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (Spanish), (from ca. 1855–1863); Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, (by gift in 1894)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Goya in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–December 31, 1995.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Goya’s Graphic Imagination," February 8–May 2, 2021.
Gassier and Wilson 1971, no. 427; Gassier 1973, no.B68 [73]
An Exhibition of the Work of Goya Exh. cat., Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris, 1935, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Goya Exhibition, 1935, also Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1936 cat. no. 22, cat. no. 22.
Francisco Goya : his paintings, drawings and prints. Exh. cat.: MMA January 27 - March 8. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1936, Metropolitan Museum of Art, An Exhibition of the Work of Goya, 1936, also Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1935, cat. no. 22.
Harry B. Wehle "An Album of Goya's Drawings" in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. vol. 31, New York, February 1936, Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. XXXI, 1936 (Feb. ), pp. 23-28 (incl. bibliography), pp. 23-28.
Harry B. Wehle "Fifty Drawings by Francisco Goya." MMA Papers no. 7. New York, 1938, ill.
Goya: Drawings and Prints. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1955, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1955 Catalogue supplement, no. 202., cat. no. 202.
Pierre Gassier, Juliet Wilson Bareau Goya His Life and Work. London, 1971, (ill. and listed), p. 162 (mentioned), fig. no. 428, part II. p. 175.
Pierre Gassier Francisco Goya Drawings, The Complete Albums. New York, 1973, New York, 1973, Ill. plate 73, fig. no. B 68, p. 132, ill.
A. Hyatt Mayor Goya: 67 Drawings. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1974, fig. no. 14.
Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein Goya in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., September 12 - December 31. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995.
Juliet Wilson Bareau, Tom Lubbock Goya: Drawings From His Private Albums. Exh. cat., Hayward Gallery, London, February 22-May 13, 2001. London, 2001, cat. no. 24, p. 176, ill.
Mark McDonald Goya's Graphic Imagination. New York, 2021, (entry by Mark McDonald), cat. no. 12B, pp. 88–89, ill.
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