Why it matters
A boy of three or four in red clothes stands with a magpie on a string, a cage of birds and watchful cats. Known as Goya's 'Red Boy', it has been called one of the most appealing and successful portraits of children ever painted.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1787–1788.
- The boy's father was the Count of Altamira, a director of the Banco de San Carlos.
- It has been in the Metropolitan Museum since 1949.
Based on the Wikipedia article Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga (CC BY-SA 4.0).
