Majas on a Balcony
Attributed to Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Oil on canvas

76 3/4 x 49 1/2 in. (194.9 x 125.7 cm)
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.10)

Long thought to be one of two paintings by Goya listed in an 1812 inventory of the artist's possessions, the present painting is now identified as a work first cited in 1835—seven years after the artist's death. Lacking the sinister quality of Goya's autograph work, it seems to be a pastiche, perhaps by his son Xavier. Nevertheless, it remains possible that it is a damaged original.

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Artist

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Material and Technique

Painting, Oil on Canvas, Europe, Iberian Peninsula

Artist Biography

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Technical Glossary

Citation

"Attributed to Francisco de Goya y Lucientes: Majas on a Balcony (29.100.10)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/goya/ho_29.100.10.htm (October 2006)

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This work has been published in the Museum's Bulletin or Journal. These articles may or may not represent the most current scholarship.

Bareau, Juliet Wilson. "Goya and the X numbers: The 1812 Inventory and Early Acquisitions of Goya Pictures." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 31 (1996).

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Tomlinson, Janis A. "Evolving Concepts: Spain, Painting, and Authentic Goyas in Nineteenth-Century France." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 31 (1996).

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Muller, Priscilla E. "Discerning Goya." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 31 (1996).

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