The beating

Ca. 1835. Oil on canvas.
Not on display

This drawing depicts a mother who is violently beating a small child with a slipper. The clothes are lying near a wall that covers most of the background. An inscription on the back states that Isidoro Llanos commissioned the painting. He was an architect and friend of the artist. ´If he broke the pitcher´ is the ´Capriche 25´ of Goya (G00662 and G02113), which Alenza follows very closely in his ´Lashing´. However, in this case, its execution and palette are not exactly Goyaesque. In any case, for both Goya and Alenza, it was merely a reproach for the ease with which children were punished for any mishap or blunder.

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Inventory number: P004207
Author: Leonardo Alenza
Title: The beating
Date: Ca. 1835
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Width: 24.5 cm; Height: 33 cm
Provenance: Commission of Isidoro Llanos Colón; Museo de Arte Moderno, 1971.
Entry date: 1971

Bibliography +

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., El Niño en el Museo del Prado, Ministerio de Cultura, Oviedo, 1984, pp. 148.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas del siglo XIX, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1985, pp. 21-22.

Díez, José Luis, Da Goya a Picasso. La Pittura Spagnola Dell'Ottocento, Mazzotta, Milán, 1991, pp. 150.

Goya: e il mondo moderno, Skira, Milán, 2010.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado. Catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 52.

Other inventories +

Registros-Inventarios Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1900-1936. Núm. 90A.

Inv. Museo Arte Moderno, 1954. Núm. 7.
En 1954 estaba expuesta en la Sala II del Museo de Arte Moderno. [Doc. A. M. P.: M.A.M., Inventario 1954. Notas a la vista de los cuadros. Pintura. Cuaderno 1, nº 31]

Actas traslado de obras MEAC - Prado, 1971-1973. Núm. 4.

Inscriptions +

Pintado por encargo especial del arquitecto y amigo Sr. D. Isidoro Llanos, por / Alenza: nació en Madrid el 6 de Nov. 1807 † 30 de Julio 1845: Académico de mérito de S. Fern.
Scrap of paper. Back

Inv. MAM 1954, n^o7
Printed label. Back, upper right corner

Celebre / La Azotaina – original de Leonardo Alenza 4000 rs
Inscribed. Back