Tag: scene

El coloso (after 1808)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El coloso (The Colossus) after 1808 Oil on canvas, 116 x 105 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A fearsome giant looms over a valley filled with a terrified, scattering multitude in what has on occasions been seen as…

Corral de locos (1794)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Corral de locos (Yard with Madmen) 1794 Oil on tin-plated iron, 42.9 x 31.4 cm Meadows Museum, Dallas Compare: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Casa de locos after 1794 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna    

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…

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…

El ciego de la guitarra (1778)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El ciego de la guitarra (The Blind Guitarist) 1778 Oil on canvas, 260 x 311 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The central motif of this work is the blind singer who travels to cities and towns, spreading…

Le Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit (1897)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit (The Boulevard Montmartre at Night) 1897 Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 64.8 cm National Gallery, London This painting is one of 14 views of the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris that Camille Pissarro painted…