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- Reference number
- P00777
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
- Title
- Boys Picking Fruit
- Chronology
- 1778
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 119 cm x 122 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- INVENTARIO TAPICES
- Procedence
- Real Patrimonio, 1870
A boy steps on another's back as he
attempts to climb a tree and pick
its fruit, while two others watch
expectantly, hoping to receive
some.
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.
Goya knew the world of children and
repeated similar subjects shortly
afterwards in cartoons for the
office of Carlos IV in El Escorial.
Here he draws on Spanish Baroque
painting, especially certain works
by Murillo which show children
enjoying fruit.
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