| Yard with Lunatics | |
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| Artist | Francisco Goya |
| Year | c. 1794 |
| Type | oil-on-tinplate |
| Dimensions | 32.7 cm × 43.8 cm (12.9 in × 17.2 in) |
| Location | Meadows Museum, Dallas |
Yard with Lunatics (Spanish: Corral de locos) is a small oil-on-tinplate painting completed by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya between 1793 and 1794. Goya said that the painting was informed by scenes of institutions he had witnessed as a youth in Zaragoza.[1]
It was painted around the time when Goya’s deafness and mental illness were developing, and he was increasingly complaining about his health. A contemporary diagnosis read, "the noises in his head and deafness aren’t improving, yet his vision is much better and he is back in control of his balance."[citation needed]
- ^ Hilton, Tim. "Something wicked this way comes: Two shows, one of small works by Goya, the other a series of religious paintings by Francisco de Zurbaran, reveal Spain's darkest artists in a new light". The Independent, 20 March 1994. Retrieved 30 January 2010.