On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P06323
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
- Title
- Catfight
- Chronology
- 1786-1787
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 56 cm x 193 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- INVENTARIO TAPICES
- Procedence
- Real Patrimonio. 1870
Two cats, their fur standing up and
their backs arched, spit and face
off on top of a brick wall.
This is one of the cartoons for the
Prince and Princess of Asturias'
dining room in El Pardo.
As its narrow horizontal format
shows, it was designed to hang over
a door, a position favored by the
perspective the painter gave it.
Goya offers a perfect analysis of
the cats' postures, which he
represents with great naturalism,
thanks to the study of this animal
appearing in his Italian Notebook
from 1771. He repeated this subject
in his Caprichos in 1799.
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