An old woman spinning, spindle in her right hand, distaff in her left

1819

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (15.8 × 13 cm)
Collection no.: 2014.650
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Francisco Goya. An old woman spinning, spindle in her right hand, distaff in her left. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

An old woman spinning, spindle in her right hand, distaff in her left — Francisco Goya. 1819.

Medium: Pen lithograph. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (15.8 × 13 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Acquisitions Fund, 2014.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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