Fight with Cudgels [SEP] collection
Fight with Cudgels
Fight with Cudgels ( or "Duelo a garrotazos"), called "The Strangers" or "Cowherds" in the inventories, is the name given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. One of the series of "Black Paintings" Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1820 and 1823, it depicts two men fighting one another with cudgels, as they seem to be trapped knee-deep in a quagmire of mud or
"Saturn") and "Two Old Men" was opposite "Judith".
The first floor was the same size as the ground floor, although there was only one central window in the long walls with a mural on each side. The right-hand wall as one entered contained "Fantastic Vision" nearest to the entrance with "Procession of the Holy Office" beyond the window. On the left were "Atropos (The Fates)" and "Fight with Cudgels" respectively. On the short wall at