El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun
1806 Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
This painting is one of a series of six small panels depicting the capture of the notorious bandit El Maragato by Friar Pedro de Zaldivia. It illustrates the dramatic confrontation where the armed bandit threatens the monk.
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This work is part of a narrative series Goya painted to commemorate a popular local legend about a courageous friar who single-handedly disarmed and captured a dangerous outlaw. At the time, such stories were frequently circulated in broadsheets, and Goya's sequence essentially serves as a storyboard of the event, showcasing his fascination with themes of violence and human desperation.
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El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun
Francisco Goya, 1806
