On-line gallery
- 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.
Location on the map
