A profusion of cooking utensils and hearty meats -game birds fresh from the hunt and not yet dressed, a recently-killed lamb, a calf’s head, and other cuts- are laid out on a work surface, as if the p [+]
The abuses committed by the nobility, the aristocracy and the Church on a powerless citizenry appear repeatedly in Goya’s work. The artist’s commentary, preserved in a document in the Prado, is modera [+]
Here Goya depicts the libidinous desires of monks and satirises the monastic orders, making use of scenes of goblins in order not to provoke the Censor. His commentary on the male figure’s true intent [+]
Though related to Goya’s Disasters of War, this drawing was neither engraved nor published. Its composition is framed in red chalk and the corners are emphasized with touches of the same material. The [+]
A preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 27, Charity. Once more, Goya eliminates any reference that could specifically identify the event being depicted in order to create an emotionally gripping s [+]
Aunque no hay constancia documental es muy probable que en 1598 Vicente Carducho ayudara a su hermano, Bartolomé, con las escenas de la Vida de San Lorenzo del Claustro Alto de El Escorial y las puert [+]
Sentado bajo un árbol, con las manos juntas y la mirada alzada. A su lado, tendido, el cerdo. Rematado en forma mixtilínea como lienzo de altar. (Texto extractado de Pérez Sánchez, A. E.: Catálogo de [+]
Preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 60, There is no one to help them.In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the [+]
Un ángel adolescente con las alas desplegadas está tocando una trompeta, que sujeta con la mano derecha, al tiempo que la izquierda descansa en una nube. La relación entre este dibujo, una copia Ángel [+]
Preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 41, They escape through the flames.In this series Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the Spanish Peninsular War (1808-14) that [+]
San Francisco se representa arrodillado con los brazos abiertos, eleva los ojos a un ángel niño que le muestra una esfera. En primer término una roca, y en ella una cruz de leño y libros. Fondo de pai [+]
A preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 81, Fierce Monster!. This monster, whose morphology corresponds to no specific animal, is related to those from Disasters 71, 72, 73, 75 and 76, all of whic [+]
Jesús, semiarrodillado en una piedra, aguarda el bautismo. San Juan agachado recoge el agua del río Jordán. Dos ángeles, tras Jesús, sostienen sus vestiduras; otros a la derecha dialogan. En el cielo [+]
The cycle of monochrome frescoes of the Story of St John the Baptist and Four Virtues, which del Sarto painted in the cloister of the Compagnia dello Scalzo, Florence, occupied the painter for about f [+]
Preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 48, Cruel tale of woe.In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the Spanish Pe [+]
Estudio de cabeza infantil de un joven campesino olotense que lleva la característica barretina. Se trata de un dibujo de sombras intensas, de estilo austero y líneas claras y precisas. Muestra una gr [+]
Several pieces of paper have been glued to the original support by the artist in order to correct the original lines of certain parts of the composition (the angel’s shoulder and Abraham’s head). Isaa [+]
A preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 70, They do not know the way.In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the S [+]