Francisco de Goya / Woman Reading to Two Children / 1824-1825

Francisco de Goya
Woman Reading to Two Children
1824-1825
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Creator Name: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Creator Nationality: European; Iberian; Spanish
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1746 - 1828
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Fuendetodos, Spain
Creator Death Place: Bordeaux
Creator Name-CRT: Francisco de Goya
Title: Woman Reading to Two Children
Title Type: Primary
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Creation Start Date: 1824
Creation End Date: 1825
Creation Date: 1824-1825
Object Type: Prints
Classification Term: Print
Materials and Techniques: lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 16.5cm x 24.6cm, Image: 11.5cm x 13cm, Platemark: 13.1cm x 13.4cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1998.171
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: Otto Schäfer (stamped on verso), sold Kornfeld June 24, 1992, lot 374
Context:

Goya left Spain in 1824 to escape the repressive rule of King Ferdinand VII and settled in Bordeaux, France, where he met Gaulon, an expert litho-grapher. Working with him, Goya executed Woman Reading to Two Children, where he drew densely with a crayon and then scratched out fine highlights on the woman's arm, skirt, mantilla, and around her head. An onlooker described Goya's methods; "Usually he covered the whole stone with a uniform gray tone and then removed with the scraper those parts which were to appear light....Next the crayon was again employed to strengthen the shadows, the accents..."

Goya's portrayal of the children's rapt attention and the tranquil figure of the young woman suggests that this charming domestic scene was observed by the artist in his own home. Goya was joined in Bordeaux by his companion Leocadia Weiss and her two younger children, Guillermo and María del Rosario. Only seven impressions of this lithograph are known, all of which are now in museum collections.

AMICA ID: CMA_.1998.171
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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