Conjugal row
1812 - 1823. Grey-brown wash on laid paper.Not on display
Created in the tumultuous years of the war, Sketchbook F offers a set of drawings marked by cruelty. Among the most heartrending of these is this unequal struggle between a man and a woman, by means of which Goya demonstrates his capacity to depict the essence of gender violence. The somber atmosphere of the bedroom and the lights cast on the bodies dressed in their nightgowns show the movement of the struggle, with the chamber pot spilled at their feet, while the man´s face clearly reflects his brutality.
Matilla Rodríguez, José Manuel, Ligereza y atrevimiento. Dibujos de Goya, Santander, Fundación Botín, 2017, p.43 n.11; 162, n.11
