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 |
Draughtsman:
Francisco Goya
|
| Accession number | S 15 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1824-1828 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) Prentenkabinet: Goya - Verschrikkingen van de oorlog (2013) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Place of manufacture | Bordeaux > Garonne > France > Western Europe > Europe |
| Geographical origin | Spain > Southern Europe > Europe |
