Majo with a guitar

Bayeu, Ramón (1746-1793)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1786
Height:
184.0 cm  (72 7/16 in.)
Width:
137.0 cm  (53 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Museo Nacional del Prado
    [Museum inv. no.: P002521]

Description

From the Museo del Prado website: The effect of the majo’s singing and playing is evident in the profound emotion on the face of the woman in the foreground, reflecting the refined sentimentality to which art of this period aspired.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (5 courses of strings)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1
Musée de la guitare
image link 2
Museo del Prado

RIdIM record id

4459