''The Greasy Pole'' (in , ) is a painting by
Francisco de Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and e ...
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Like the others in his
tapestry cartoons series, it is based on a popular scene of a vertical greased
Cockaigne
Cockaigne or Cockayne () is a land of plenty in medieval myth, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts and pleasures are always immediately at hand and where the harshness of medieval peasant life does not exist. ...
pole. The greasy pole was a popular theme of the iconography of the eighteenth century that Goya had already used for his tapestry drawings. During Cockaigne, boys climb and fight to reach the top of the pole. The background landscape is blurred, but it is possible to distinguish farms and a crowd gathered at the foot of the pole.
See also
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List of works by Francisco Goya
The following is an incomplete list of works by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya.
Paintings (1763–1774)
Paintings (1775–1792)
''see also: List of Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons''
Paintings (1793–1807)
Paintings (1 ...
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Cockaigne
Cockaigne or Cockayne () is a land of plenty in medieval myth, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts and pleasures are always immediately at hand and where the harshness of medieval peasant life does not exist. ...
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Greasy pole
Greasy pole, grease pole, or greased pole refers to a tall pole that has been made slippery with grease or other lubricants and thus difficult to grip. More specifically, it is the name of several events that involve staying on, climbing up, w ...
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Paintings by Francisco Goya