Minneapolis Institute of Art
Reniego al Amigo que Cubre con las Alas y Muerde con el Pico (Renounce the friend who covers you with his wings and bites you with his beak)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
- Date
- c. 1820 (printed 1864)
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Francisco Goya was a prolific yet mysterious printmaker. This plate comes from a series of dreamlike images first published 36 years after his death under the title Los Proverbios (The Proverbs). Goya apparently never assigned a title to the series or to any of the individual plates. The dreams often veer into the realm of nightmarish fantasies. This image recalls a proverb that warns, “Renounce the friend who covers you with his wings and bites you with his beak.” Spain, Europe
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