Spain Nudes From My Album

all unhinged mint

Goya, a great artist. Spanish actually. This is the Naked Maja from 1860. He painted a version of her clothed as well, to appease his more 'sensitive' patrons.

the other part of the set

I should add, lovely stamps as well. From the 1930 set commemorating the death of the artist. The set also included a couple with his self portraits at age 80.

Yes James I would love to see them. Add them please. Oh, where I got french is beyond me.Can't change the title can I??

Yes you can change the title. Click on the edit icon at the top of your original post, and off you go.
Here's a photo of the clothed version from the web

The pic is awesome!! I don't get any thrill from the early
Washington and Franklins. And I have hundreds of them. P.S.thanks for the edit tip.

That Goya stamp has been credited as one of the factors that contributed to the start of the Spanish Civil War. I don't have the references in front of me -- it's well-discussed in This Is Philately, if I recall correctly -- but when the stamp was printed, it was used as evidence by Franco's people of the decadence of the royalty.

I wonder how much I butchered that story. Anyone have more?

(Also -- those stamps aren't hinged to the paper? Would have guessed so from the pic.)

LOL Mc Gee. Every Piece of information is valuable. Thankyou.Like my name on here Who Knew?? BY the way the stamps are in some kind of plastic holders.Keep in mind I found this album in a newly purchased home in the garage. So...none of this was put in the album by me.

That's really interesting considering that Goya was famous for being one of the first artists to really expose royalty for their true colours. Despite the royal families patronage of him, he painted the King and family as they really looked, literally warts and all, instead of prettifying them as was the common practice.

I think the significance was that the "pornographic" stamp had been authorized to be used on mail at all. That they were out-of-touch with the people's "values".

Hi Macgeesorg

The story is basically correct.
The anti Royalist had large posters made of the stamp and they said to the peasent folk that the King was consorting with woman of low repute and morals and had even gone as far as putting them on postage stamps.
The simple folk did not know any better and started to rebel and ask for the King's abdication.
The communists used the story very well to stir up the population.
Horamakhet

I agree mcgee, and I get it. I just think that the fact that it was a Goya image, considering his relationship with royalty, that was used is ironic. I wonder if he would have been pleased.

Thank you, @Horamkhet!

Edit: Got it now, @jamesw. Thanks.

Beautiful stamps

There is a large scan here, with a newspaper cut-out
from the 1970's regarding this vignette

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