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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Forge

🖼 The Forge, c. 1819
Oil on canvas
191 × 121 cm
New York, USA

Glowing forge light illuminates muscular workers hammering metal, their bodies rendered in bold ochre and shadow. Goya captures industrial labor with unprecedented dignity, transforming manual work into heroic subject matter during Spain's turbulent post-war period.

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