Homage to Goya (1824-2024). 200 years since the artist's arrival in Bordeaux
13 December 2024-13 April 2025.
Temporary display, Actualités Room, Lacour wing
Presented to mark the bicentenary of Goya’s (1746-1828) arrival in Bordeaux, where the artist spent the last four years of his life in self-exile for political reasons, this exhibition of approximately twenty works presents the entire collection of prints by the Spanish master conserved at the museum: four etchings on the subject of bullfighting made in Bordeaux, including the only print of Bullfight, and a series of ten older etchings made after masterpieces by Velázquez, now on display in the Prado museum: equestrian portrai
Francisco de Goya, Baltasar Carlos, after Velázquez, 19th century, detail, etching and drypoint on paper, photo: F. Deval.
