Francisco Goya
La maja vestida
From $100
This painting is soft pink, sky blue and river silver, and a cheap copy turns it flat and muddy. Our Goya Blind Man’s Buff print is made from the museum’s own photograph, unretouched, so the soft colours stay fresh.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
20x16 inch, 30x24 inch, 40x32 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape suits a living room, a study or the wall above a sofa. The pinks, blues and greens look rich with cream, charcoal and walnut, and a gold or white frame suits it.
About the painting
Blind Man’s Buff by Francisco Goya
Designs for tapestries
Before he was Spain’s court painter, Francisco Goya spent seventeen years painting full-size designs for the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid: cheerful scenes of everyday Madrid life for the royal palaces.
The game
A blindfolded young man holds out a big spoon and tries to tag the others as they dance round him in a ring. One crouches low to dodge it.
Dressed up as majos
They are aristocrats dressed as majos and majas, the people of Madrid’s streets, a fashion of the day. It was a design for the princesses’ bedroom.
Read the story
By the water, on a bright day, a group of young people hold hands in a ring. In the middle, a young man with a blindfold over his eyes holds out a big spoon. He is trying to tag one of them. On the right, someone crouches low to dodge it.
This is blind man's buff, a game people still play today.
Look at their clothes. Some are dressed as majos and majas, the young men and women of Madrid's streets. But these are not working people. They are aristocrats, playing at being ordinary, which was a fashion of the time. Others wear velvet jackets and feathered hats in the French style.
Goya painted it as a design for a tapestry, for the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid. For seventeen years, from 1775 to 1792, he made dozens of these big paintings, called cartoons, of everyday life in Madrid, to be woven into tapestries for the royal palaces.
This one was made in 1788 or 1789, for the bedroom of the young princesses at the palace of El Pardo.
When the tapestries were finished, the paintings were stored away. In 1858 they went down to the basement of the Royal Palace, and in 1870 they were brought to the Prado Museum, where you can see them today.
Blind Man's Buff. Francisco Goya, 1788 to 1789.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
