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- Reference number
- P07112
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
- Title
- “Chicken Fights” (“Horse and Rider”)
- Chronology
- 1805
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 137 cm x 104 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- INVENTARIO TAPICES
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 1986
Five boys play at riding on each
other's shoulders in the game
called “Chicken Fights” or “Horse
and Rider” in a setting of hills
and woods.
This work is one of the cartoons
for a series of gay, playful
tapestries intended for the
bedrooms of the infantas —the
daughters of the future Carlos IV
(1748-1819) and María Luisa de
Parma (1751-1788)— at the El Pardo
Palace in Madrid.
Goya received the commission the
same year Carlos III (1716-1788)
died, which led the entire Royal
Family to move to other Royal
Seats, such as the palaces of La
Granja, Aranjuez and El Escorial.
As a result, the series of
tapestries was never finished.
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