Prison Interior
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| Prison Interior | |
|---|---|
| Spanish: Interior de cárcel | |
| File:Interior of a prison.jpg | |
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| Artist | Francisco Goya |
| Year | 1793–1794 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 42.9 cm × 31.7 cm (16.9 in × 12.5 in) |
| Location | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle |
Prison Interior (Spanish: Interior de cárcel) is an oil-on-canvas painting completed by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828) between 1793 and 1794. The painting is bathed in a dim, cold light which gives it an appearance of purgatory.
It is one of a number of works the artist made of scenes set in lunatic asylums, including Yard with Lunatics (1793–1794) and The Madhouse (1812–1813).[1] These works were painted at a time when mad-houses were "holes in the social surface, small dumps into which the psychotic could be thrown without the smallest attempt to discover, classify, or treat the nature of their illness."[2] Goya often feared for his own sanity, a fact which underscores these works with feelings of dread.
See also
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[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Connell, Evan S. Francisco Goya: A Life. New York: Counterpoint, 2004. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Hughes, Robert. Goya. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
