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Prison Interior (Spanish: Interior de cárcel) is an oil on canvas painting completed by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828) between 1793-94. The painting is bathed in a dim, cold light which gives it a look feeling of purgatory.

Prison Interior
Spanish: Interior de cárcel
Artist	Francisco Goya
Year	1793-1794
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	42.9 cm × 31.7 cm (16.9 in × 12.5 in)
Location	Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

It is one of a number of works the artist made of scenes set in lunatic asylums, including Yard with Lunatics (1793–1794) and The Madhouse (1812-1813).[1] These works were painted at a time when mad-houses were 'holes in the social surface, small dumps into which the psychotic could be thrown without the smallest attempt to discover, classify, or treat the nature of their illness."[2] Goya often feared for his own sanity, a fact which underscores these works with feelings of dread.

See also

• List of works by Francisco Goya

Notes

Bibliography

• Connell, Evan S. Francisco Goya: A Life. New York: Counterpoint, 2004. ISBN 1-58243-307-0
• Hughes, Robert. Goya. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. ISBN 0-394-58028-1

External links

• Media related to Prison Interior (Goya) at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Prison Interior

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[fr] Intérieur d'une prison

L’intérieur d’une prison est une huile sur toile peinte par Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) entre 1793 et 1794. La scène est baignée dans une lumière froide et sombre évoquant le purgatoire.

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