The Clothed Maja (La maja vestida)
c. 1800–1807 · Oil on canvas · Museo del Prado, Madrid
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About this work
- Artist
- Francisco Goya (1746–1828)
- Year
- c. 1800–1807
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 95 × 190 cm
- Collection
- Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Movement
- Romanticism
The same woman, in the same pose on the same couch, now fully dressed in the fashion of a maja, a stylish working-class woman of Madrid. Goya painted it between 1800 and 1807 as a companion to the earlier nude, apparently for Manuel Godoy, and the pair are first recorded together in the 1808 inventory of Godoy's seized property. The clothed figure presses more boldly against the edges of the canvas and is more loosely painted, with fewer of the subtle transparencies and tonal gradations of the nude. Both pictures were sequestered by the Inquisition from 1814 to 1836, passed to the Academy of San Fernando and entered the Prado in 1901, where they have hung side by side ever since. The sitter has never been identified, and her anonymity is preserved in every inventory that lists the work.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
The same pose, dressed in maja fashion and loosely painted, for a bedroom, dressing room or hallway at 24×36 in black. Deep green, charcoal or ochre; it is the version for a wall guests will see, and it pairs with the nude.
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Romanticism painting
- Era
- 18th century (c. 1800–1807)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
