The maja on the balcony, by Alenza y Nieto (1840, c.)

The maja on the balcony, by Alenza y Nieto (1840, c.)

Title

The maja on the balcony, by Alenza y Nieto (1840, c.)

Creator

Alenza y Nieto, Leonardo (1807-1845)

Date

1840, c.

Description

Goya-type model of a maja on the balcony with a procuress behind. A young woman looks out on a balcony and on the left, an old woman that acts as her procuress.

Source

Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao, Spain.
https://www.museobilbao.com/catalogo-online/la-maja-del-balcon-69153

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200625153154/https://www.museobilbao.com/catalogo-online/la-maja-del-balcon-69153

Inventory number: 69/153

For more information, please see Rachel Schmidt's article: "Celestinas y majas en la obra de Goya, Alenza y Lucas Velásquez." Celestinesca, 39 (2015): 275-328. Figure 7, p. 310.
http://parnaseo.uv.es/Celestinesca/Celestinesca39/08_Schmidt_Rachel.pdf

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180429075512/http://parnaseo.uv.es/Celestinesca/Celestinesca39/08_Schmidt_Rachel.pdf

Format

Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 73.5 × 61.5 cm

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