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A circle of ten Majos and Majas play blind man´s buff on the banks of what may be the Manzanares River. This work is the only sketch for the cartoon Goya painted for a series of playful and gay tapestries intended for the bedroom of the Infantas —the daughters of the future Carlos IV (1748-1819) and María Luisa de Parma (1751-1818)— at Madrid´s El Pardo Palace. Originally titled
A group of youths play in the countryside. The gay circle consists mainly of persons dressed as majos and majas, the popular clothing that also became stylish among the aristocracy. There are also two figures wearing elegant velvet dress coats and feathered hats, in the French style. Originally titled “The ladle game” because of the wooden spoon the blindfolded youth uses to find his &
A preparatory drawing for the etching, Capricho 50. The Chinchillas (G02138). The group of twenty-six pen drawings that constitute the basis for The Caprichos in its initial phase, make up the Dreams series. Beginning with Dream 1, The Author Dreaming, they draw on a customary 18th-century subject. The plate mark indicates that this drawing was transferred, but no proof is known, and the handwritt
Bordeaux Sketchbook [H], sheet 63. Filling the pictorial space with his huge bulk, the monk barely fits into his chair as he eats from a wash basin, using a spoon and fork to avidly swallow the broth and stab the pieces of meat. All his attention is focused on the food, and his wide-open mouth signifies Gluttony, one of the Seven Deadly Sins that he has undoubtedly damned from the pulpit. Goya use
