 The work is one of the 14 "Black Paintings" that Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1819 and 1823.It was transferred to canvas after Goya's death and has since been held in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.In 1819, Goya purchased a house on the banks of Manzanares near Madrid called Quinta del Sordo (Villa of the Deaf Man).