The Threshing Floor
1786 Lázaro Galdiano Museum
About this artwork
This work is a cartoon designed by Goya for a series of tapestries intended for the dining room of the Prince of Asturias at the El Pardo Palace. It depicts a rural scene of peasants resting during the grain harvest.
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Goya painted this piece as part of a series of tapestries intended to decorate the Royal Palace in Madrid. At the time, the Spanish court favored bright, pleasant subjects that highlighted the harmony of rural life, a task Goya executed with characteristic vitality before his later works turned into the darker, more introspective themes he is now world-renowned for.
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The Threshing Floor
Francisco Goya, 1786
