La Maja Desnuda

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La Maja Desnuda is a famous late-18th-century oil painting by Francisco Goya depicting a reclining nude woman, notable for its sensual realism and for challenging the artistic and moral conventions of its time.

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Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
work of art
artHistoricalContext late 18th century Spanish painting
catalogCode P00742
collection Museo del Prado collection
commissionedBy Manuel de Godoy
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Francisco Goya
culturalImpact frequently reproduced in prints and posters
icon of Western art history
subject of censorship debates
currentOwner Spanish state
depictionStyle realist
depicts reclining nude woman
genre nude painting
hasCounterpart La Maja Vestida
hasPart depiction of dark background
depiction of green velvet cushions
depiction of jewelry on the model
depiction of white sheets
hasTheme eroticism
female beauty
sensuality
height 97 cm
inception circa 1797
circa 1800
languageOfTitle Spanish
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Madrid
locatedInTheCountry Spain
location Museo del Prado
mainColor dark brown
flesh tones
green
white
medium oil paint
movement Romanticism
notableFor challenging artistic conventions of its time
challenging moral conventions of its time
frontal depiction of female pubic hair
sensual realism
orientation horizontal
partOfSeries pair of paintings with La Maja Vestida
previousOwner Manuel de Godoy
Spanish royal collection
subjectHasBeenIdentifiedAs possible idealized female type (maja)
possible portrait of María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba
support canvas
title La Maja Desnuda
The Nude Maja
width 190 cm

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Francisco Goya
Prado Museum ("The Naked Maja")
notableWork
La Maja Desnuda
La Maja Desnuda ("The Nude Maja")
title
La Maja Vestida
oftenDiscussedAlongside
La Maja Vestida
pairedWith

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