- Cronología
- Ca. 1806 - 1812
- Ubicación
- Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, United States
- Dimensiones
- 42.5 x 62.6 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Titular
- Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 25 Apr 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (MM.71.01)
- Otros títulos:
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Woodcocks (Chochas)
Dead Woodcocks (Becadas muertas)
For more information, see Pieces of Lamb.
After 1865, this work had a number of different owners before being acquired by the Meadows Museum, Dallas, in 1971.
As in Dead Fowl, Goya has depicted an untidy heap of dead birds in front of a neutral background. As well as the woodcocks of the title, there are other bird species visible here; in the foreground he has painted a water bird and to the right-hand side we can make out what looks very much like a duck.
The light picks out from the black background the bodies of the animals, which Goya has captured in a limited colour palette composed chiefly of ochres and browns. The bird's bills, however, are made using long strokes of dark red paint. The bird in the middle of the heap has both legs and one of its wings held rigid, suggesting that it has been caught very recently. This same device was used in the painting entitled Dead Turkey, in this same series.
For more information, see Pieces of Lamb.
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El bodegón español de Velázquez a GoyaThe National GalleryLondon1995exhibition celebrated from February 22nd to May 21st 1995, curated by Peter Cherrycat. 67
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GoyaNationalmuseumStockholm1994consultant editors Juan J. Luna and Görel Cavalli-Björkman. From October 7th 1994 to January 8th 1995cat. 35
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Goya. 250 AniversarioMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1996consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From March 29th to June 2nd 1996cat. 136
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Goya, un regard librePalais de Beaux ArtsLille1998from December 12th 1998 to March 14th 1999. Exhibited also at The Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, April 17th 1999 to July 11th 1999, consultant editor Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée and Joseph J. Rishel in collaboration with Manuela B. Mena Marquéscat. 42
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Goya: Prophet der ModerneAlte NationalgalerieBerlin2005from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marquéscat. 92
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 58
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Goya: Order and disorderMuseum of Fine ArtsBoston2014cat. 92
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GoyaBasle2021p. 252
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L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 volsParís1928-1950p. 286, cat. 542
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 263, cat. 910
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 352, cat. 587
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 123, cat. 508
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. III, p. 187
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Goya. Arte e condizione umanaNaplesLiguori editore1990pp. 158-160
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El bodegón español de Velázquez a GoyaMadridEdiciones El Viso1995pp. 175, 176, 177, 179 (il.) y 184
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Goya. 250 AniversarioMadridMuseo del Prado1996pp. 231 (il.), 406 y 407, cat. 136
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2008pp. 240, 244 y 245 (il.), cat. 58
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Los mundos de Goya (1746-1828)BarcelonaLunwerg2008pp. 159-160