A group of woodcutters, two of them with axes in their hands, chop down a fallen tree while another with his back to them gathers the wood. The format of the cardboard indicates that it is a composition designed for the decoration of a window shutter and is thus a companion piece to the work “Majo con guitarra” (“Majo with Guitar”). The resulting tapestry was intended for the decoration of the former bedroom of the Princes of Asturias (the future Charles IV and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma) in the Palacio del Pardo in Madrid
Collection: Images
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (141 x 114 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: 1777-1780
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P000791
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: Daily scene of three people chopping firewood, portrayed by Goya
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