- Cronología
- Ca. 1806 - 1812
- Ubicación
- Private collection, London, United Kingdom
- Dimensiones
- 45 x 62 cm
- Técnica y soporte
- Oil on canvas
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Undisputed work
- Titular
- Private collection
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 21 Apr 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
For more information, see For more information, see Pieces of Lamb.
From 1865 onwards, this particular work went from one private collection to another before arriving at the Wildenstein collection, in New York.
In this still life, the two hares entirely dominate the composition thanks to their placement over a neutral background, which is only interrupted by a wicker basket on the left-hand side. The bodies of the animals are crossed over one another to form an X. They are still rigid, unnaturally immobile, and their eyes are fixed open. The overall effect, as Juan José Luna points out, is one of tense stillness.
Just as in the rest of the works in this series, the colour palette employed by Goya is very limited, although this has not prevented the Aragonese artist from capturing details such as the animals' coats with a very high degree of realism.
For more information, see For more information, see Pieces of Lamb.
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A loan exhibition of Goya (for the benefit of the Institute of Fine Arts New York University)Wildenstein and Co. Gallery y New York UniversityNew York1950consultant editors Vladimir Visson y David Wildenstein in collaboration with Ima N. Ebin. From November 9th to December 16th 1950cat. 43
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Still-Life Painting since 1470Milwaukee Art InstituteMilwakee1956exhibited also at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, September-October 1956cat. 25
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Goya and his timesThe Royal Academy of ArtsLondon1963cat. 66cat. 126
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The Golden Age of Spanish Still-Life Painting: late 16th to early 19th centuriesThe Newark MuseumNewark1964from December 10th 1964 to January 26th 1965cat. 10
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Goya. 250 AniversarioMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1996consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From March 29th to June 2nd 1996cat. 137
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Goya: Prophet der ModerneAlte NationalgalerieBerlin2005from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marquéscat. 91
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid2008consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués, from April 14th to July 13th 2008cat. 56
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Goya: Order and disorderMuseum of Fine ArtsBoston2014cat. 93
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 263, cat. 909
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BarcelonaPolígrafa1970vol. I, p. 352, cat. 588
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L’opera pittorica completa di GoyaMilanRizzoli1974p. 123, cat. 505
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Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja1980-1982vol. III, p. 187
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Goya. Arte e condizione umanaNaplesLiguori editore1990pp. 158-160
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El bodegón español de Velázquez a GoyaMadridEdiciones El Viso1995pp. 175, 176, 177, 180 (il.) y 184
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Goya. 250 AniversarioMadridMuseo del Prado1996pp. 232 (il.), 407 y 408, cat. 137
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Goya en tiempos de guerraMadridMuseo Nacional del Prado2008pp. 240, 242 y 243 (il.), cat. 56
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Los mundos de Goya (1746-1828)BarcelonaLunwerg2008pp. 159-160
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Goya: Order & DisorderBostonMuseum of Fine Arts Boston Publications2014p. 163
