# The Quail Shoot

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 290 x 226 cm

## Commentary

The commission to design tapestries for the royal palaces enabled Goya to move to the capital, Madrid. The first series of tapestry cartoons shows hunting scenes, tailored to the interests of the heir to the throne, the later Charles IV.

## Related artworks

- [A Lunatic behind Bars](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-lunatic-behind-bars-r89e78f85b1b8ed>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-detail-r187d2fea23a2d9>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-detail-r752f4664e155b9>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-rbda121865cf8f6>)
- [A Prison Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-prison-scene-re4f8958d82de77>)
- [A Procession of Flagellants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-procession-of-flagellants-r7c560e795cac25>)
- [A Village Bullfight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-village-bullfight-rdd15ebb7ed309e>)
- [A Walk in Andalusia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-walk-in-andalusia-rcb626cc9de4532>)
- [Allegory of the City of Madrid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/allegory-of-the-city-of-madrid-r288dedf8b0771f>)
- [As far back as his grandfather](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/as-far-back-as-his-grandfather-rfac623d10249eb>)
- [Asmodea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/asmodea-r6c93cbf3f5c8f2>)
- [Atropos \(The Fates\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/atropos-the-fates-rf49a44788cb39d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)