Title
On the balcony, by Llovera i Bofill (1898)
Creator
Llovera i Bofill, Josep (1846-1896)
Date
1898
Description
In the image three figures appear on a balcony: two young women, one sitting with a fan and another resting on the first, and behind them appears an old woman looking at them. The image reminds us of the famous painting Young Woman and Celestina on the Balcony, by Goya (1808, c.), where the old woman also acts as procuress of the young one.
The image is also discussed in "Alcahuetas, ventaneras y majas de paseo: Imágenes de celestinas en la pintura de género española (1868-1931)" ("Procuresses, windows and majas de promenade: Images of Celestines in Spanish genre painting (1868-1931)"), by Guillermo Juberías Gracia, Celestinesca, Vol. 47, (2023): pp. 229-271. (https://doi.org/10.7203/Celestinesca.47.26741):
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231222193726/https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/26741/23608
The image is also discussed in "Alcahuetas, ventaneras y majas de paseo: Imágenes de celestinas en la pintura de género española (1868-1931)" ("Procuresses, windows and majas de promenade: Images of Celestines in Spanish genre painting (1868-1931)"), by Guillermo Juberías Gracia, Celestinesca, Vol. 47, (2023): pp. 229-271. (https://doi.org/10.7203/Celestinesca.47.26741):
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231222193726/https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/26741/23608
Source
Illustration En el balcón ("On the balcony") by Josep Llovera i Bofill, in the magazine Álbum Salón, year II, number 14, March 16, 1898. Miguel Segui artistic editorial center.
Found in "Alcahuetas, ventaneras y majas de paseo: Imágenes de celestinas en la pintura de género española (1868-1931)" ("Procuresses, windows and majas de promenade: Images of Celestines in Spanish genre painting (1868-1931)"), by Guillermo Juberías Gracia, Celestinesca, Vol. 47, (2023): pp. 229-271. (https://doi.org/10.7203/Celestinesca.47.26741):
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231222193726/https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/26741/23608
Found in "Alcahuetas, ventaneras y majas de paseo: Imágenes de celestinas en la pintura de género española (1868-1931)" ("Procuresses, windows and majas de promenade: Images of Celestines in Spanish genre painting (1868-1931)"), by Guillermo Juberías Gracia, Celestinesca, Vol. 47, (2023): pp. 229-271. (https://doi.org/10.7203/Celestinesca.47.26741):
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231222193726/https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/26741/23608
Format
Illustration.
Dimensions: Unknown.
Dimensions: Unknown.
Item Relations
This Item | is related | Item: Young Woman and Celestina on the Balcony (Maja y Celestina al balcón), by Goya (1808, c.) |
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