Collect an etching by the acclaimed Spanish artist Francisco Goya from the Los Caprichos series!
This is number 20 of the series. It depicts ne’er-do-wells—in the form of plucked chicken men—being cheated by the ladies of the night. This very image is part of the permanent collection of many museums, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), Brooklyn Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Toledo Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Chazen Museum of Art, Norton Simon Museum, National Gallery of Art, etc.
Details:
Los caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797–1798 and published as an album in 1799. The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived. The criticisms are far-ranging and acidic; the images expose the predominance of superstition, the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical shortcomings, marital mistakes and the decline of rationality. Some of the prints have anticlerical themes. Goya described the series as depicting "the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society, and from the common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance or self-interest have made usual".
Artist bio:
Francisco Jos de Goya Lucientes (March 30, 1746 - April 16, 1828) was an Aragonese Spanish painter and printmaker. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. He has been regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns. The subversive and subjective element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso.
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