Maja seated on a chair and two companions behind; folio 18 (verso) from the Madrid Album ‘B’

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A maja sits on a chair while two companions stand behind her, giving the group a layered arrangement of attention. The seated figure holds the foreground, while the others add a sense of company whose purpose remains open. Goya turns an apparently simple social encounter into a scene where posture and relative position carry much of the meaning.

Made with brush and carbon-black washes for the Madrid Album, the drawing retains the fluid immediacy of an observed moment. The chair gives the principal figure a stable place, while the companions extend the encounter beyond a solitary study. The image is engaging through that balance of individuality and company, inviting attention to how a person’s bearing changes when others occupy the space close behind.