Skip to content

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Dog

🖼 The Dog, 1820-23
Oil on canvas
134 × 80 cm
Madrid, Spain

Isolated against a vast, murky expanse, a small dog gazes upward with haunting vulnerability, rendered in muted earth tones. This enigmatic canvas captures existential loneliness and psychological depth, marking Goya's radical shift toward introspective, proto-modern imagery in his final works.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
tap to buy ↗
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores