Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de – El quitasol Part 2 Prado Museum

Description of the painting "Umbrella" by Francisco de Goya

The Spanish artist, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, or better known to us as Francisco Goya, who wrote prints, was one of the most brilliant artists of the 18th century.

His painting Umbrella was painted in 1777, when he was only 33 years old. This painting is recognized as the best creation of the early Goya. He liked it and the artist himself. He managed to portray the warmth that he wanted to show in his picture.

In the eighteenth century, the fashion for decorating houses and halls with tapestries. One day Francis Goya was also commissioned to create such paintings. Thus, Goya created his "Umbrella." But the umbrella itself is not the main detail of this painting. The delicate green umbrella here is most likely only a small highlight. And the main characters are a man and a woman. She is sitting in a clearing on a bright, sunny day. And the boy covers her with an umbrella on his left side.

Goya was able to convey the tenderness of the composition with the help of properly selected colors. The artist used warm shades of red, orange and peach. He dilutes them with a blue corset of the lady and a blue belt of the man. There is a lot of green in the painting. It’s an umbrella, a greenish sky, and trees on the side.

I wonder who these two men are? Maybe Goya depicted a servant and a mistress. Or maybe they are a couple in love. The girl is sitting near a stone wall, holding a fan. On her lap sits a dark dog with a red collar. She is dressed in a dress with a gold skirt and a long cape over her shoulders.

On her chest is a beautiful brooch flower. She has red jewelry on her head and her pearl earrings in her ears. The light shadow of an umbrella falls on her face. A young man stands behind her. He is wearing a red suit, with gold buttons, and on his head is a blue sunbelt.

Today the painting is in Madrid, in the Museo del Prado.