Blind Man's Bluff
Spanish: La gallina ciega
Artist	Francisco Goya
Year	1789
Medium	Oil on Canvas
Dimensions	269 cm × 350 cm (106 in × 140 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

Blind Man's Bluff (Spanish: La gallina ciega) is one of the Rococo oil-on-linen cartoons produced by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya for tapestries for the Royal Palace of El Pardo. The work shows boys and girls playing the popular pastime "blind man's bluff" with one figure in the middle blindfolded and holding a large spoon while trying to entice others dancing around him in a circle.

The youngsters are dressed in the attire of Spanish aristocrats. Some wear velvet jackets and feather headdresses. As an example of Goya's Rococo period, it is typically lively and captures a charming moment of life, with a soft color scheme of pink and yellow in the skirts of women and luminous background scenery.

See also

• Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons
• List of Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons
• List of works by Francisco Goya

Sources

• Bozal, Valeriano. Francisco Goya, vida y obra., Madrid, Tf, 2005. 64. ISBN 978-84-96209-39-8.

External links

• Media related to Blind Man's Bluff (Goya) at Wikimedia Commons

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