The prison scene belongs to a series of twelve ‘cabinet’ pictures that Goya painted on tinplate between 1793 and 1794 during his convalescence from his mystery illness.

In 1862 John and Joséphine Bowes made several purchases at the sale of the collection of the Conde de Quinto who had died in 1860. The Boweses purchased this painting together with Goya’s portrait of Juan Antonio Melendéz Valdés and over seventy other Spanish paintings

Provenance: Founders bequest

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham
Material: Oil on tinplate
Artist: Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)
Date: c. 1793-1794

Image Details
Date: 12 May 2024
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 320
Licensing: Image of a Bowes Museum asset. This image cannot be licensed.