On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00797
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
- Title
- Poor Children at the Well
- Chronology
- 1786-1787
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 277 cm x 115 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- INVENTARIO TAPICES
- Procedence
- Real Patrimonio, 1870
A woman and two boys have brought
their jugs to the fountain for
water. A house in the background
indicates that there is a village
nearby.
Romantic critics gave this painting
its name, although nothing in the
figures' clothing suggest poverty.
The young mother's shawl, red
stockings and black shoes with
silver buckles indicate that she is
a wealthy peasant. She looks with
sweet understanding at her youngest
son, who cries angrily, perhaps
because, unlike his older brother,
he has not been allowed to carry
one of the jugs.
This cartoon was for one of the
tapestries intended for the Prince
of Asturias' dining room at the El
Pardo Palace.
Location on the map
