El De La Rollona (Nanny's Boy)

Francisco Goya Y Lucientes, 1746 - 1828



El De La Rollona (Nanny's Boy)

Francisco Goya Y Lucientes 1746 - 1828

Summary

A male figure is in the foreground wearing a dress pulled in at the waist by cloth, it is bound round horizontally from which hand rattles and amulets are hung. He is wearing shoes with bows and a padded head guard. The figure has large arms and legs and also has facial hair. He is leaning over a bowl with handles with his hands up to his face and right index finger in his mouth. Body faces to left and face is frontal. Another figure behind him in the shadows has straps over his shoulders and appears to be straining forward with arms bent at the elbow and facing down.


Object Name

El De La Rollona (Nanny's Boy)

Date Created

1799

Dimensions

plate: 21.5cm x 15cm
support: 32cm x 21.3cm

accession number

1983.841

Place of creation

Spain

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)

Credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Bostock Will Trust and the National Art Collections Fund.

Legal

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