Young Woman and Celestina on the Balcony (Maja y Celestina al balcón), by Goya (1808, c.)

Young Woman and Celestina on the Balcony (Maja y Celestina al balcón), by Goya (1808, c.)

Title

Young Woman and Celestina on the Balcony (Maja y Celestina al balcón), by Goya (1808, c.)

Creator

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (1746-1828)

Date

1808, c.

Description

In the image two figures appear on a balcony: a young woman leaning on the railing and looking at the viewer (maja) and an old woman with a rosary on the left who reminds of Celestina. From the title it is also understood that the old woman acts as the young woman's procuress.

Source

Private collection.

Fundación Goya en Aragón:
https://fundaciongoyaenaragon.es/obra/maja-y-celestina-al-balcon/182

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230325180738/https://fundaciongoyaenaragon.es/obra/maja-y-celestina-al-balcon/182

Fundación Goya en Aragón ID182

Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Goya#/media/File:Maja_y_celestina_en_un_balc%C3%B3n.jpg

For more information, consult the article by Rachel Schmidt: "Celestinas y majas en la obra de Goya, Alenza y Lucas Velásquez." Celestinesca, 39  (2015): 275-328.
http://parnaseo.uv.es/Celestinesca/Celestinesca39/08_Schmidt_Rachel.pdf

Format

Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 166 × 108 cm

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