Why it matters
Peasants rest during the threshing: in the centre, four men mock a drinking peasant in a bright white shirt, while children play with a grain cart. It is Goya's sketch for a royal tapestry design, Summer.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1786.
- The tapestries were for the rooms of the future Charles IV at El Pardo.
- The Duke and Duchess of Osuna bought it from Goya.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Threshing Floor (CC BY-SA 4.0).
