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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Blind Man’s Buff

🖼 Blind Man’s Buff, 1788-89
Oil on canvas
269 × 350 cm
Madrid, Spain

Vibrant figures frozen mid-game dance across the canvas in dynamic diagonals, rendered in luminous brushwork that captures playful chaos. This tapestry design celebrates Spanish folk tradition and popular entertainment, revealing Goya's fascination with human behavior and social ritual beyond court portraiture.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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