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The Naked Maja, oil painting created about 1795–1800 by influential Spanish artist Francisco Goya. This famously controversial painting, known in Spanish as La maja desnuda, is considered on of the artist’s masterpieces.
The Naked Maja or The Nude Maja [1] (Spanish: La maja desnuda [la ˈmaxa ðesˈnuða]) is an oil-on-canvas painting made around 1797–1800 by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The Naked Maja. 1795 - 1800. Oil on canvas. Room 038. This painting follows the traditional typology of the goddess Venus reclining on a bed.
From being privately hidden during the Spanish Inquisition to being depicted on postage stamps and becoming iconic in 20th century pop culture, The Naked Maja (c. 1795 – 1800) by Francisco Goya has been a controversial and celebrated painting for centuries.
The Nude Maja (Spanish: La Maja Desnuda [la ˈmaxa ðezˈnuða]) is a name given to a c. 1797–1800 oil on canvas painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It portrays a nude woman reclining on a bed of pillows, and was probably commissioned by Manuel de Godoy, to hang in his private collection in a separate cabinet reserved for nude ...
The Naked Maja or La Maja Desnuda is an oil on canvas painting by the renowned Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes. Depicting a reclining naked lady on soft seating, the painting enthralls the viewer with the seductive gaze of the subject, hiding many secrets of the time.
The maja reclines on a green velvet sofa, covered by a sheet and a pillow adorned with lace, astonishing in its delicate transpareni and tonal gradation. The pallor and chill of the lighting and the chosen rai of color, her positioning, and her level of exposure to the viewer all recall the Ariadnes of classical sculpture.
