Still Life of a Lamb's Head and Flanks

Still-Life: A Butcher's Counter
ArtistFrancisco Goya
Yearc. 1808–1812
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions45 cm (18 in) × 62 cm (24 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris
CollectionDepartment of Paintings of the Louvre 
Accession no.RF 1937 120 
IdentifiersJoconde work ID: 000PE022858
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 00076222

Still Life of a Lamb's Head and Flanks (Spanish: Bodegón con costillas, lomo y cabeza de cordero) or A Butcher's Counter (Spanish: Trozos de Carnero) is an [1] still-life oil painting by Francisco Goya, from c. 1808–1812. It has been in the collection of the Louvre, in Paris, since 1909.

The painting is one of a series of 12 still lifes of dead or butchered animals that Goya painted during Spain's war with Napoleon.[2] Made at the same time as the artist's The Disasters of War, the paintings are noted for their departure from traditional still lifes.[2] Scholars suggest that the paintings from this series evoke the death and violence Spain witnessed at that time.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Louvre
  2. ^ a b "Looking at Goya's Still Lifes". ZETEO. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  3. ^ "Pieces of Lamb (Trozos de carnero)". Fundación Goya en Aragón. Retrieved 2025-09-12.

External sources

  • Media related to A Butcher's Counter, Goya (Louvre RF 1937-120) at Wikimedia Commons
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