Francisco Goya
La maja vestida
From $100
Almost the whole picture is one soft ochre space, and a careless copy turns it muddy or flat. Our Goya Dog print was graded beside the original so the ochre stays warm and airy, the dark slope stays deep and the little head stays clear.
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
20x36 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall, narrow shape suits a hallway, a study or a narrow wall beside a doorway. The ochre and earth tones look wonderful with cream, terracotta, black and walnut, and a black or dark wood frame suits it.
About the painting
The Dog by Francisco Goya
The house of the deaf man
Francisco Goya had been painter to the kings of Spain for decades and deaf for more than twenty-five years. In 1819, in his seventies, he bought a small country house outside Madrid, by the river Manzanares, far from the court.
Paintings on the walls
On its walls he painted fourteen dark pictures in oil, straight onto the plaster, for no one but himself: the Black Paintings. Upstairs he painted this one: a slope of dark earth, and above it nothing but a great ochre space, with only a small dog’s head showing, looking up.
From the wall to the Prado
Goya left Spain in 1824 and died in Bordeaux four years later. About fifty years on, the house was sold, and the paintings were cut from the walls and moved to canvas. They hang in the Prado in Madrid, and the painter Antonio Saura called The Dog the most beautiful picture in the world.
Read the story
Francisco Goya painted this dog on the wall of his own house, and never meant anyone to see it.
Spain, 1819. Goya is seventy-three. For thirty years he has painted the kings and queens of Spain.
And for more than twenty-five of those years, since an illness in his forties, he has been deaf.
Now he buys a small country house outside Madrid, by the river Manzanares, far from the court.
On its walls, straight onto the plaster, he begins to paint in oil. Fourteen dark pictures, for himself alone.
People will later call them the Black Paintings.
Upstairs, he paints this one.
At the bottom, a slope of dark earth. Above it, nothing but a great empty space of dirty ochre.
And just over the slope, a small dog's head, looking up.
Is it sinking? Is it waiting for someone? No one knows, and Goya left no word about it.
In 1824 he leaves Spain for France. He dies in Bordeaux four years later, at eighty-two.
About fifty years after that, the house is sold, and the paintings are cut from the walls and moved onto canvas.
Today they hang in the Prado, in Madrid. The painter Antonio Saura called this one the most beautiful picture in the world.
Look at the dog, and at all that space above it. Then decide for yourself what it's looking at.
The Dog. Francisco Goya, about 1820.
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.
