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 ID: 182
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
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 ID: 182
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
Dimensions: 166 × 108 cm
Item Relations
Item: On the balcony, by Llovera i Bofill (1898) | is related | This Item |
Item: La Celestina, illustration, by Aguilar More (1965) | is related | This Item |
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