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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Meadow of San Isidro on his Feast Day

🖼 The Meadow of San Isidro on his Feast Day, 1788
Oil on canvas
44 × 94 cm
Madrid, Spain

Bright sunlight floods a sprawling Madrid meadow packed with thousands of figures celebrating the saint's feast day, rendered in loose brushwork that captures festive chaos. Goya transforms a religious holiday into vibrant social commentary, revealing class dynamics and popular culture in late 18th-century Spain through this revolutionary panoramic scale.

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