Birds in Flight (Pájaros volando)

Thanks to the tapestry that survives to this day we are able to see what appearance this cartoon, made for an overdoor piece, would have had. It had exactly the same dimensions as Two Cats Fighting on a Wall, its companion on the east wall, and, like this other work, does not correspond to any of the stretcher sizes specified in the records of Josef Serrano, the carpenter.

Águeda is of the opinion that the composition is typical of Goya's overdoor pieces and identifies the birds that appear in the image as partridges, featuring as they do tell-tale spots on the plumage and flying low over the ground, just the way the artist tended to represent this bird.

Arnaiz prefers not to take one stance or another regarding the question of Goya's authorship and points out that the work may possibly correspond to a sketch included as item number 29 in the inventory carried out at the time of the death of Josefa Bayeu, and in which it was valued at 25 reales.

Tomlinson does voice an opinion on the question of authorship, saying that she does not believe this to be the work of Goya, and that this work was attributed to the artist purely because it appeared to form a pair with Two Cats Fighting on a Wall.