Majas on a Balcony

Francisco Goya's 'Majas on a Balcony', is a striking oil painting completed on canvas sometime between 1808 and 1814. Filled with emotion, this piece embodies the themes of Romanticism, capturing the turbulence of Spain's socio-political climate during Napoleon's French invasion. It is a quintessential example of genre painting. Thought to be the original, one version of the painting resides within the Edmond de Rothschild collection in Switzerland. A subsequent copy exists in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with a further copy attributed to Leonardo Alenza in the Pezzoli collection, Paris. Using Oil as a medium, Goya's painting continues to captivate audiences globally.