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Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 12 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Dogs and Supplies of the Hunt”, or “Dogs on a Leash” of 1775 by Francisco Goya.  The painting was a study for a tapestry commissioned by Charles de Bourgon, the Prince of Asturias and heir to the Spanish kingdom.  It was designed for a cornice in the Escorial.  Goya was twenty-nine when he completed this work having begun his apprenticeship as a painter when he was fourteen.  He moved to Madrid to study under Mengs but clashed with his teacher.  His submissions to the Royal Academy of Fine Art in 1763 and 1766 were denied.  He moved to Rome where he gained some success and returned to Zaragoza where he was commissioned to complete several church  frescoes.  This work is 174 cm wide and 112 cm high and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

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