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Seated and seen from behind, a boy plays with a goldfinch. The bird’s mate is perched high up on a branch of the slender tree, its sinuous line emphasising the verticality of the composition.This cart [+]
Dressed in yellow clothes that symbolize autumn, a young man sitting on a stone offers a cluster of black grapes to a lady. A boy is eager to reach the offered fruit, which is reserved for the adults. [+]
An intense snowfall serves as Goya´s interpretation of winter, which is the subject of this composition. Along with this everyday representation, however, Goya introduces a social theme, as he often d [+]
Two boys are playing in front of a tree. One looks up as he grasps a branch as if about to shake it firmly while the other, in the background, has a basket, possibly for the fruit or birds’ eggs colle [+]
In his bill sent to the Tapestry Manufactory, Goya emphasised the large number of figures depicted here: two groups of three players, each occupying his specific position: forward, midfielder and defe [+]
Four young women laugh and play at blanket-tossing a doll or manikin in the air. The latter´s movement is the result of their caprice. Its carnival origins are visible in the use of masks and jo [+]
Three boys play together, trying to climb a small tree. One of them stands on another´s back and is helped by the third. The background combines the landscape to the left with a massive castle o [+]
Two young men on high stilts head toward a window out of which a young woman leans. They are accompanied by two other young men on foot, playing the dulzaina. Groups of men wrapped in their capes and [+]
A boy steps on another's back as he attempts to climb a tree and pick its fruit, while two others watch expectantly, hoping to receive some. This is one of Goya's cartoons for the tapestries intended [+]
Some boys whose clothing indicates they are from a wealthy family, play in the country, inflating a bladder under the watchful eyes of their nannies, who converse in the background. This is one of Goy [+]
A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels down to appreciate some flowers. A male figure behind them attempts to surprise the first woman with a baby rabbit he h [+]
In Goya´s own words, the scene depicts some young people who have “gone out to the country to fly a kite.” The couples that appear behind the main group show that this subject is a pretext allow [+]
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This is a hunting stand with two caged birds as decoys, a crouching dog, and a net on the tree that frames the group. The study of the birds and dog, as well as the bush in the foreground, reveal Goya [+]
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