A Woman and a Horse, Let Someone Else Master Them, plate ten from Los Proverbios

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A Woman and a Horse, Let Someone Else Master Them, plate ten from Los Proverbios

Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53

Date
1815/24
Medium
Etching with aquatint and drypoint in black on ivory wove paper
Culture
Spain
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
44901

This darkly satirical interpretation of a popular proverb demonstrates the equally unruly nature of equine and womankind. Twisting and rearing in a desolate landscape, the horse becomes both a violent abductor and a tender savior as he tries to catch the struggling woman’s dress in his teeth before she plummets to the ground.

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The Charles Deering Collection

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AAT300041273

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