On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00776
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de
- Title
- Boys Inflating a Bladder
- Chronology
- 1778
- Technique
- Óleo
- Support
- Lienzo
- Measures
- 116 cm x 124 cm
- School
- Española
- Theme
- Paisaje
- On display
- Yes
- Procedence
- Real Patrimonio, 1870
Some boys whose clothing indicates they are from a wealthy family, play in the country, inflating a bladder under the watchful eyes of their nannies, who converse in the background.
This is one of Goya's first depictions of the world of children and it already perfectly captures the candor an vivacity of children's games.
Designed to hang over a door, this is one of Goya's cartoons for the tapestries intended to hang in the dining room of the Prince and Princess of Asturias at El Escorial.
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