Francisco de Goya
A Maja with Two Toreros

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ArtistFollower of Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)Spanish, 1746–1828

CultureSpanish

Titles

A Maja with Two Toreros

Date1779–1780

PlaceSpain

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions72 1/8 × 39 3/8 in. (183.2 × 100 cm)

Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection

Object number61.57

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceQuiñoes de Léon, Spanish ambassador to France, sold in Paris at an unknown date; [Contini-Bonacossi, Rome]; acquired by Samuel H. Kress acquisition, 1928; loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1953; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to MFAH, 1961.

Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Genre Painting in Europe 1500 -2900," Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct 14 - Dec 12 1954.

Exhibited: "Spanish Primitives, Zurbaran & Goya," Syracuse Museum of Fine Art, Syracuse, NY, Feb 3 -24 1957.

Exhibited: "Spanish Primitives, Zurbaran & Goya," Atllanta Art Asso., Atlanta, Ga. Mar 10 - 24 1957.

Exhibited: "Man: the Glory, Zest & Riddle," Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA., Nov 10 1964 - Jan 3 1965.

Exhibited:"From El Greco to Ploock," The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD., Oct 22 - Dec 8 1968.

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