Quinta del Sordo

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Quinta del Sordo was Francisco Goya’s secluded country house near Madrid, famed as the setting where he painted his haunting Black Paintings directly onto its interior walls.

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Quinta del Sordo canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country house
historic building
alsoNamedAfter Francisco Goya’s deafness
architecturalStyle vernacular Spanish country house
associatedWithArtist Francisco Goya
associatedWithTheme Goya’s late pessimistic vision
BlackPaintingsApproximateDateEnd 1823
BlackPaintingsApproximateDateStart 1819
BlackPaintingsCurrentLocation Prado Museum
surface form: Museo del Prado
BlackPaintingsDominantPalette dark and muted tones
BlackPaintingsFamousWork Saturn Devouring His Son
The Dog
Dos viejos comiendo sopa (Two Old Men Eating Soup)
surface form: Two Old Men Eating Soup

Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
surface form: Witches’ Sabbath
BlackPaintingsPaintedDirectlyOn interior plaster walls
BlackPaintingsSubjectMatter fantastical scenes
mythological and biblical themes
violent and nightmarish imagery
witches and demons
BlackPaintingsTechnique oil on plaster
BlackPaintingsTransferredBy Salvador Martínez Cubells
BlackPaintingsTransferredToCanvas 1874
containsWorkSeries The Black Paintings
surface form: Black Paintings
country Spain
culturalSignificance key site in the history of Romantic and modern art
demolished yes
demolitionApproximateYear early 20th century
demolitionRelatedTo urban development near Madrid
hadGarden yes
hadOrchard yes
influenced interpretations of Goya’s mental and emotional state
interiorDecorationBy Francisco Goya
laterOwner Baron Émile d’Erlanger
locatedNear Madrid
locatedOn right bank of the Manzanares River
nameMeaningInSpanish Villa of the Deaf Man
notableFor The Black Paintings
surface form: Black Paintings
numberOfBlackPaintings 14
numberOfStoreys two
originalConstructionCentury 18th century
originalOwnerOccupation deaf man
owner Francisco Goya
periodOfGoyaResidenceEnd 1824
periodOfGoyaResidenceStart 1819
purchaseYear 1819
usedAs Goya’s studio
surface form: Goya’s residence

Goya’s studio

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Saturn Devouring His Son originalLocation Quinta del Sordo
The Black Paintings locationCreated Quinta del Sordo
The Black Paintings originalLocation Quinta del Sordo
Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro (Pilgrimage to San Isidro) locationCreated Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro
Romería de San Isidro (The Pilgrimage of San Isidro) originalLocation Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Romería de San Isidro
Dos viejos comiendo sopa (Two Old Men Eating Soup) createdAt Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Dos viejos comiendo sopa
Duelo a garrotazos (Fight with Cudgels) originalLocation Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Duelo a garrotazos
La Leocadia originalLocation Quinta del Sordo
Mujeres riendo (Women Laughing) wasOriginallyLocatedIn Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Mujeres riendo
Cabezas en un paisaje (Heads in a Landscape) creatorResidenceAtTimeOfWork Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Cabezas en un paisaje
Perro semihundido (The Dog) originalLocation Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Perro semihundido
Quinta del Sordo (House of the Deaf Man) originalLanguageName Quinta del Sordo
subject surface form: Quinta del Sordo