The Quail Shoot
1775 Museo del Prado
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting was commissioned as a tapestry cartoon for the dining room of the Prince of Asturias at the El Pardo Palace. It depicts a group of hunters and their dogs in a landscape setting.
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This painting belongs to a series of tapestry cartoons commissioned from Goya for the decoration of the royal residences. Although Goya is often associated with the darker themes of his later years, these early works exhibit the lighthearted, decorative Rococo aesthetic popular at the Spanish court in the late 18th century.
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The Quail Shoot
Francisco Goya, 1775
