Cleveland Museum of Art
To the Count Palatine, Plate 33
Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871
- Date
- 1799, printed c. 1855
- Medium
- etching and aquatint
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104507
From LinkedCulture
A masked figure in an aristocratic powdered wig stands at the center of this scene, pompously inspecting a small object while two hunched, suffering figures crouch on either side of him. This is plate 33 from Francisco de Goya's Los Caprichos, an etching and aquatint made in Spain in 1799. A shelf of medicinal bottles lines the shadowy background, setting the scene squarely in the world of quack medicine. The series remains one of the most biting social critiques ever committed to print, using masks and captions to target corruption just carefully enough to survive publication.
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A woman in a white dress and bonnet stands between two men who are bending over, seemingly washing their feet.
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