Dance on the Banks of the Manzanares
1776-1777 Museo del Prado
About this artwork
This oil painting was created as a tapestry cartoon for the dining room of the Prince of Asturias at the Pardo Palace. It depicts a group of majos and majas dancing in a traditional Spanish setting.
Did you know?
This work belongs to a series of cartoons commissioned by the Spanish crown to decorate royal palaces with scenes of everyday life. Goya's depiction of the 'majos'—members of the lower classes known for their flamboyant fashion and rebellious attitude—helped popularize a new, uniquely Spanish visual identity in royal art.
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Dance on the Banks of the Manzanares
Francisco Goya, 1776-1777
