Quinta del Sordo

The Quinta del Sordo, in a scale model built between 1828 and 1830, at the Museo de Historia de Madrid (Museum of History).[1]
Saturn Devouring His Son in the Quinta de Goya, in 1874.[2] Photograph by Jean Laurent. This painting was surrounded by a paper framework.

Quinta del Sordo (English: Villa of the Deaf One), or Quinta de Goya, was an extensive estate and country house situated on a hill in the old municipality of Carabanchel on the outskirts of Madrid. The house is best known as the home of Francisco de Goya, where he painted 14 murals known as the Black Paintings.[3] Contrary to popular belief, the estate was given its name due to the deafness of a prior owner, not Goya himself, who was deafened by illness in 1792.[4] The house was demolished in 1909.[3]

  1. ^ "La Quinta de Goya", magazine Descubrir el Arte, nº 201, November 2015, pp. 18-24. ISSN 1578-9047
  2. ^ Carlos Teixidor, "Fotografías de Laurent en la Quinta de Goya", Descubrir el Arte, nº 154, December de 2011, pp. 48-54.
  3. ^ a b Fraguas, Rafael (2015-12-01). "Visita a la Quinta del Sordo". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  4. ^ Lubow, Arthur (2003-07-27). "The Secret of the Black Paintings". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-18.