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This portrait of the family of King Carlos IV (1748-1819) was painted in Aranjuez and Madrid in the spring and summer of 1800, shortly after Goya was named First Chamber Painter. It clearly show´s the [+]
This is a cartoon for a tapestry to be hung over a window, with the figure of a Majo playing the guitar and a background of landscape with three other people. The resulting tapestry was intended for t [+]
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 [+]
In this work, Goya represented two different country activities. The background shows hunters, but the foreground has a boy fishing in a river, which gives this work its title. This was a cartoon for [+]
The value of Goya’s war images is largely determined by their plausibility. This makes them visual referents for what happens in war. Neither their status as narrative nor the esteem in which they are [+]
The series begins with a scene alluding to the mythical origins of tauromachy, in which Goya depicts the bullfighting practices of the first Spanish settlers in a natural landscape where herds of wild [+]
The Flying Dog is part of Sketchbook G, the first of two sketchbooks from Goya’s final years in Bordeaux, between 1824 and 1828. It is one of numerous compositions in which Goya portrays flying animal [+]
In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the Spanish Peninsular War (1808-14) that is remote from the propagandistic im [+]
This drawing and D4279 are preparatory studies for two etchings dated around 1799 and thus almost contemporary with the Caprichos. Independent landscapes are exceptional in Goya’s oeuvre-although lade [+]
This drawing and D4278 are preparatory studies for two etchings dated around 1799 and thus almost contemporary with the Caprichos. The realistic effect of some elements may indicate that these views w [+]
Disparates, 8, People in Sacks [+]
