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Francisco de Goya, Two Old Men (Dos frailes)


Museo del Prado, Madrid

Date: 1820 - 1823
Technique: Mixed technique on wall, 142,5 cm x 65,6 cm

Companion to Leocadia, situated on the other side of the entrance, here Goya has painted a bearded old man leaning on a large staff and wrapped in a cape, who is listening to what a deformed figure is whispering in his ear. (Valeriano Bozal, Goya-Black Paintings)

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