The Pretty Woman and the Masked Men
1777 Museo del Prado
About this artwork
This painting is a cartoon intended for the tapestry series commissioned for the dining room of the Prince and Princess of Asturias at the El Pardo Palace. It depicts a genre scene of figures dressed in traditional Spanish majo and maja attire in a wooded landscape.
Did you know?
This painting was originally part of a series designed as cartoons for tapestries to decorate the royal palaces. Francisco Goya became famous for these colorful and lively depictions of everyday Spanish life, which helped him secure his position as a favored court painter before his later, much darker works.
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The Pretty Woman and the Masked Men
Francisco Goya, 1777
