Quinta del Sordo ( en, Villa of the Deaf One), or Quinta de Goya, was an extensive
estate and
country house
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situated on a hill in the old
municipality
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of
Carabanchel
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on the outskirts of
Madrid
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. The house is best known as the home of
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 ...
, where he painted 14 murals known as the ''
Black Paintings
The ''Black Paintings'' (Spanish: ''Pinturas negras'') is the name given to a group of 14 paintings by Francisco Goya from the later years of his life, likely between 1819 and 1823. They portray intense, haunting themes, reflective of both his ...
''.
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.
The house was demolished in 1909.
Goya's ownership
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 ...
purchased the home on February 27, 1819 from a prior owner who was deaf. The house was initially composed of just two main rooms, each measuring 9 by 4.5 meters, and was decorated with rural motifs before Goya purchased it.
Goya added a new wing for the kitchen.
Goya lived in the home until his exile to
Bordeaux
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in 1824, when he left his 17-year-old grandson Mariano in charge of the estate.
During the brief periods when he would return to Madrid, Goya would stay at the home.
[BOZAL. Op. cit.] Several reasons have been suggested for Goya's purchase of the estate. Given Goya's liberalism, it would have been somewhat important to him to distance himself from the totalitarian court of
Fernando VII
, house = Bourbon-Anjou
, father = Charles IV of Spain
, mother = Maria Luisa of Parma
, birth_date = 14 October 1784
, birth_place = El Escorial, Spain
, death_date =
, death_place = Madrid, Spain
, burial_pla ...
. After the fall of
Rafael del Riego
Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the outbreak of the Liberal Triennium (''Trienio liberal'' in Spanish).
Early life
Riego was born on 7 April ...
in 1823, Goya felt it necessary to leave the country and move to Bordeaux.
La Ilustración Española y Americana
''La Ilustración Española y Americana'' was a weekly Spanish magazine that was published from 1869 to 1921 on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 30th of every month. It was also published biweekly.
History
The magazine was a continuation of ''El Museo Un ...
'' on July 15, 1909
File:Madrid, detalle del palacete de los herederos de Goya, fototipia hacia el año 1907, la Quinta del Sordo.jpg, Mansion of the successors of Goya. Postcard, c. 1907
See also
*
Goya's birthhouse and the Museum of Engraving
* ''
The Dog''
References
External links
El libro de Yriarte, original, de 1867, sobre Goya.El libro clásico de Yriarte (en francés).
* Blanca Flaquer (dir.), Valeriano Bozal (asesor)
«Las pinturas negras, de Francisco de Goya» ídeo en línea ''La mitad invisible'', www.rtve.es, 3 de enero de 2011, y 17 de marzo de 2012. Consulta: 13-08-2012.
Digital tour of the Quinta del Sordo
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History of Madrid
Francisco Goya
Demolished buildings and structures in Madrid
Buildings and structures demolished in 1909