Four years before his death, Goya emigrated to France. This drawing comes from this period. Although many years had passed since the Spanish War of Independence, the drawing is reminiscent of the harrowing scenes from the series ‘Los Desastres de la Guerra’. The desperate pose of the kneeling man closely resembles the dramatic gestures and expressions of many figures from this series finished almost a decade earlier.
Specifications
| Title | Man Brandishing a Knife |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 191 mm Width 150 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Tekenaar:
Francisco Goya
|
| Accession number | S 15 (PK) |
| Credits | Bruikleen / Loan: Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 1940 (voormalige collectie / former collection Koenigs) |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Age artist | Between 73 and 82 years old |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) Prentenkabinet: Goya - Verschrikkingen van de oorlog (2013) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Spain > Southern Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Bordeaux > Garonne > France > Western Europe > Europe |
