Dogs and Hunting Gear
1775 Museo del Prado
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts two hounds resting on a hill with various hunting equipment, including rifles and a powder flask. It was created as one of the tapestry cartoons intended for the dining room of the Prince of Asturias at the El Pardo Palace.
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This painting was part of a series of tapestry cartoons commissioned for the Spanish royal family. These works show a younger Goya experimenting with the lighter, more decorative style that was popular in court circles at the time, long before his work turned toward the darker, more introspective themes of his later years.
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Dogs and Hunting Gear
Francisco Goya, 1775
