1796
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Prostitute Soliciting a Fat, Ugly Man, Folio 49 (recto) is a 1796 by Francisco Goya, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A woman leans out a window, beckoning to a well-dressed man below. He’s round, frowning, and looks uncomfortable. Goya drew this in private sketchbooks—no one was meant to see it. The scene feels raw, almost like a secret joke. It’s not pretty, but it shows real life in Spain at the time, with all its messiness. If you like this kind of sharp, unfiltered look at society, check out more works in *The Cleveland Museum of Art*.
Among the great figures of the pictorial arts in the West, Francisco de Goya is one of the very few whose work as a graphic artist is arguably even more important than his paintings. Alongside a prodigious output of prints, he created eight sketchbooks of drawings over the course of 30 years. This double-sided sheet comes from the so-called Album B, or Madrid Album, which, like all of them, was scattered throughout the world in public and private collections after his death. The drawings reveal Goya’s powers of invention and observation, and his biting satire. On the recto side of the sheet,…
Much of Francisco de Goya's graphic output of drawings and prints was not made public until well after his death.
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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