The Water Bearer (Goya)
This painting's Spanish title "La Aguadora" has various translations in English, The Water Bearer,[1] Young Woman with a Pitcher,[2][3] or the Water Carrier.[4] It is an oil on canvas painting by Francisco de Goya, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.
| The Water Bearer - Young Woman with a Pitcher | |
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| Artist | Francisco de Goya |
| Year | 1808-1812 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 69 cm × 50.5 cm (27 in × 19.9 in) |
| Location | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
After a long period producing tapestry cartoons for the royal factory, where his works conformed to the court's rococo style, Goya started painting genre scenes. Works such as The Water Bearer, featuring working class people, can be seen in the context of the Spanish resistance to French occupation in the War of Independence.[4]
The art historian Juliet Wilson-Bareau has suggested that this work and its companion piece The Knifegrinder were painted to hang in the painter's house in Madrid. It was still in his possession in 1812.[5] It was acquired by Alois Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietberg, who served as the Austrian ambassador to Spain 1815-17.
References
- (Oxford Educational)
- (Kazimierz Zawanowski)
- (Robert Hughes)
- "The Water Carrier". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- "La Aguadora". Goya Foundation (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
Bibliography
- (in Spanish) Kazimierz Zawanowski, Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Varsovie, Arkady (W kręgu sztuki), 1975
- (in Spanish) Robert Hughes, Goya. Artysta i jego czas, Varsovie, WAB, 2006 (ISBN 83-7414-248-0, OCLC 569990350), p. 248, et 76
- (in Spanish) Francisco Goya, Poznań, Oxford Educational, 2006 (ISBN 83-7425-497-1)
- (in Spanish) María Jesús Díaz (ed.), Goya, Madrid, Susaeta Ediciones, 2010 (ISBN 978-84-9928-021-9), p. 191
- (in Spanish) Clara Janés, Los genios de la pintura española: Goya, Madrid, SARPE, 1983 (ISBN 84-7700-100-6), p. 93