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)
Creators Name
Date Created
1799
Dimensions
plate: 21.5cm x 15cm
support: 32cm x 21.3cm
accession number
1983.841
Collection Group
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.
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