- Cronología
- 1824 - 1825
- Ubicación
- Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dimensiones
- 8.8 x 8.3 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Watercolor on ivory
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Titular
- Nationalmuseum
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 16 May 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
- Inventario
- (NMB 1879)
See Maja and Celestina.
This piece was in the Keir collection of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, who probably acquired it, together with another miniature, Half-Naked Youth Reclining on a Rock, for his collection of Spanish art. It remained in the Stirling family for several years until being put on sale at Sotheby's of London on 3 July 1963 (lot no. 63). It went to the Nationalmuseum, in Stockholm.
For the artistic and technical analysis of the complete series, see Maja and Celestina.
The figures of the majo and the maja shown sitting together in this miniature are robust, especially the man, whose bulk is increased by the cape with which he covers himself, leaving only his eyes uncovered. He is painted only in black, whilst the maja at his side has some touches of colour: the pink of her cheeks and the bluish hue of her shawl.
Comparisons tend to be made between this work and another watercolour, dated to around the same period, Majos Strolling, due to the similar theme and the pose of one of the majos in the drawing, who is also seated and wears similar clothing.
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Exhibition of Spanish PaintingBrooklyn MuseumNew York1935from October 4th to 31st 1935cat. 15
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From Greco to GoyaThe Spanish Art GalleryLondon1938cat. 26
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Goya (1746-1828). Peintures-Dessins-GravuresCentre Cultural du MaraisParís1979consultant editors Jacqueline et Maurice Guillardcat. 196
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Goya. El Capricho y la Invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1993from November 18th 1993 to February 15th 1994. Exhibited also at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 18th to June 12th 1994 and The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, July 16th to October 16th 1994, consultant editors Manuela B. Mena Marqués and Juliet Wilson-Bareaucat. 106
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Goya. La imagen de la mujerMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2001from October 30th 2001 to February 10th 2002. Exhibitied also at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 10th to June 2nd 2002, consultant editor Francisco Calvo Serrallercat. 27
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Goya’s Bordeaux miniatures, , , Boston, 1966Museum of Fine Arts Boston Bulletin1966p. 120, cat. 19
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970pp. 357, 362, cat. 1689 y p. 343 (il.)
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 385, cat. 738
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 136, cat. 681
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. IV, p. 219
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Goya. El capricho y la invención. Cuadros de gabinete, bocetos y miniaturasMadridMuseo del Prado1993pp. 324-325, 381, cat. 106 y p. 327 (il.
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Goya, la imagen de la mujerMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado y Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado2001cat. 27 y p. 171 (il.)
