It is Better to be Lazy, Plate 73

Cleveland Museum of Art

It is Better to be Lazy, Plate 73

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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A young woman in a white dress clasps her hands and gazes upward while a hunched man counts money and a grinning old woman brokers the deal between them. This is Plate 73 from Goya's Los Caprichos, etched and aquatinted in Spain in 1799, one of 80 prints in his savage satirical series. The title, "It is Better to be Lazy," reads as bitter irony. Goya used the aquatint's smoky, shadow-filled tones to expose the exploitation he saw rotting Spanish society from within.

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A woman in a long dress stands beside a man and a child, who appear to be in distress.

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Object ID
133657
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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It is Better to be Lazy, Plate 73

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