Cleveland Museum of Art
Until Death, Plate 55
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
- 104537
From LinkedCulture
An elderly woman adjusts an elaborate ruffled headdress onto thinning hair, gazing into a mirror while figures behind her suppress laughter. This is Francisco de Goya's "Until Death," plate 55 from his Los Caprichos series, made in Spain in 1799 using etching and aquatint. The velvety dark tones push the mockers into shadow, making their cruelty feel inescapable. It matters because Goya turns a simple scene of vanity into a unflinching portrait of self-deception that still lands like a gut punch.
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Three women are gathered around a table, one holding flowers and another looking at a painting on an easel.
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