On-line gallery
- 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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