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Reference number
P02899
Author
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
Title
The Milkmaid of Bordeaux
Chronology
Ca. 1826
Technique
Support
Measures
74 cm x 68 cm
School
Theme
Shown
Yes
Entrance
LEGADO
Procedence
Legado II conde de Muguiro, 1946

An image of a young milkmaid with an apron, a shawl on her shoulders and a scarf holding back her hair. There is a milk jug behind her, to the left. The bottom-to-top perspective seems intended to give the sensation that she is riding a mule.

The light colors and straightforward subject matter contrast with Goya's last works, both in Madrid and in Bordeaux, when darker color schemes brought out more tragic scenes, as in his Black Paintings.

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