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Reference number
P00783
Author
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
Title
Boys playing at Soldiers
Chronology
1779
Technique
Support
Measures
146 cm x 94 cm
School
Theme
Shown
Yes
Entrance
INVENTARIO TAPICES
Procedence
Real Patrimonio, 1870

The liveliness of the main little soldier, the martial air and the amusing, childish pride with which he faces the viewer make this one of Goya's greatest achievements among all his representations of childhood.

Childhood was one of the subjects that most interested Goya and in many of his scenes the children represent different social types: soldiers, majos, little aristocrats and others.

This is one of a series of cartoons (P779-P784) for tapestries to be hung in the rooms of the Prince and Princess of Asturias at the El Pardo Palace.

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