Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Boy on a Ram
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)1786–87
18th Centuryoil on canvasoil paintings (visual works)
Date
1786–87
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
127.2 × 112.1 cm (50 1/16 × 44 1/8 in.); Framed: 153.7 × 138.4 × 12.7 cm (60 1/2 × 54 1/2 × 5 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks McCormick
As painter to the king of Spain, Francisco de Goya also designed tapestries for the royal residences. The artist made small oil sketches to work out the designs, followed by full-scale painted cartoons that served as guides for the weavers at the king’s tapestry works. This cartoon was produced for a tapestry in a series decorating the dining room in the Palace of El Pardo outside Madrid. The room’s large panels illustrate a traditional decorative subject, the four seasons, but Goya exercised his imagination in the smaller panels above the doors, producing scenes of children and animals like this one.
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