Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Francisco de Goya
- Date
- 1786
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- Museo Nacional del Prado
- Print up to
- 30 × 40 cm
- Reference
- XDV-1419
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look at that dangling leg, the head lolling back with no resistance left: pure dead weight, a body that no longer answers. But study the faces carrying him: no panic there, something closer to ceremony. Goya first drew this exact moment as a joke - in The Drunken Mason, the workmates laugh at the fallen man. Here he erased the laughter and painted solidarity instead, because this canvas was headed for a royal dining room. Even social realism had its decorum. Which version feels truer to you, the mockery or the mourning?
Sources (5)
- museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-injured-mason/658a2cf1
- museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/el-albail-herido/5ff5d335-06f1
- museodelprado.es/actualidad/multimedia/la-restauracion-de-el-albail-he
- es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_alba%C3%B1il_herido
- es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_alba%C3%B1il_borracho
