Tag: Madrid

La Condesa de Chinchón (1800)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Condesa de Chinchón (The Countess of Chinchón) 1800 Oil on canvas, 216 x 144 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid María Teresa de Bourbon y Vallabriga, Marchioness of Boadilla del Monte and Countess of Chichón, was the daughter…

Los cómicos ambulantes (1793)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los cómicos ambulantes (The Strolling Players) 1793 Oil on tinplate, 42.5 x 31.7 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This popular scene painted with great technical freedom shows an improvised stage surrounded by people in the midst of a…

Las gigantillas (1791-1792)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las gigantillas (Little Giants) 1791–1792 Oil on canvas 137 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Five boys play at riding on each other’s shoulders in the game called “Chicken Fights” or “Horse and Rider” in a setting…

Autorretrato (1815)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1815 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 35.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Goya deliberately presents himself here as vulnerable and fragile, revealing the most serene and welcoming facet of his personality. A dark background painted with…

Autorretrato (1815)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1815 Oil on panel, 51 x 46 cm Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid

El columpio (1779)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El columpio (The Swing) 1779 Oil on canvas, 260 x 165 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This cartoon, the pair to The Washerwomen (P-786), depicts three women and four elegantly dressed children with their dog on a…

Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…

Cristo crucificado (1780)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Cristo crucificado (Christ on the Cross) 1780 Oil on canvas, 255 x 154 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The figure of Christ is depicted following the tradition of seventeenth-century Spanish religious painting, although the classical concept of…