A Gift for the Master, Plate 47

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Gift for the Master, Plate 47

Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871

Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
etching and aquatint
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
1799

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From LinkedCulture

What kind of gift do you bring the Devil? In this 1799 etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, grotesque witches crowd a dark, almost formless space, pressing forward to offer a small infant-like figure toward a hooded, coldly watchful presence in the upper right. Plate 47 from his Los Caprichos series, one of 80 prints, Goya frames the ritual using the language of courtly ceremony, calling it simply a gift for the master. The series remains one of the most biting visual critiques of superstition, church power, and social corruption ever made.

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A group of grotesque figures is depicted in a dark, eerie scene.

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Object ID
133651
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Francisco de Goya
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Spain
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
etching and aquatint
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • Latine and Hispanic Artists
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Date
1799
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1799
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1799
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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A Gift for the Master, Plate 47

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