On the balcony, by Llovera i Bofill (1898)

On the balcony, by Llovera i Bofill (1898)

Llovera i Bofill, Josep (1846-1896)

1898

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

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

Illustration.
Dimensions: Unknown.