De afstamming
Über das Werk
In den Worten des Museums — auf Niederländisch
Een vrouw met een masker voor, haar handen bedekken de horens op het hoofd dat op haar schoot ligt. Tegenover haar schrijft een vrouw in een boek. Zevenenvijftigste prent uit de serie Los Caprichos.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- RP-P-1921-2078
Derweil im Leben von Francisco de Goya
Das ganze Leben1773–1823 · Wirkungsort
Madrid
1795
Director of Painting at the Academy
He was elected Director of Painting at the Academy of San Fernando with a salary of 4,000 reales; that same year he painted portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Alba.
January – May 1796
Journey to Andalusia and the Sanlúcar Album
He traveled to Andalusia with the royal court; in May he stayed at the Alba family palace in Sanlúcar, where the Sanlúcar Album with his first studies from life came into being.
February 1799
Publication of "Los Caprichos"
The series of 80 etchings "Los Caprichos" was published and sold in a perfume shop on the Calle del Desengaño; owing to the intervention of the Inquisition, only 27 sets were sold.
31 October 1799
First Court Painter
He was appointed First Court Painter with a salary of 50,000 reales a year — the highest rank for a Spanish court painter.
