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Cats fighting
1786
Two cats, their fur standing up and their backs arched, spit and face off on top of a brick wall. This is one of the cartoons for the Prince and Princess of Asturias´ dining room in El Pardo. As its narrow horizontal format shows, it was designed to hang over a door, a position favored by the perspective the painter gave it. Goya offers a perfect analysis of the cats´ postures, which he represents with great naturalism, thanks to the study of this animal appearing in his Italian Notebook from 1771. He repeated this subject in his Caprichos in 1799.
Museum: Museo del Prado
Wikimedia Commons
Museum: Museo del Prado
Wikimedia Commons
- Size:
- 56.5 x 196.5 cm
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- License:
- Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
- For more:
- https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/cat…
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