Artwork

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 68: Pretty...

The broom is one of the most necessary implements for witches; for besides being great sweepers, as the stories tell, they may be able to change the broom into a...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 67: Wait t...

He has been sent out on an important errand and wants to go off half-anointed.  Even among the witches, some are hare-brained, impetuous, mad cap, without a scrap of judgement. ...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 66: There ...

There goes a witch, riding on the little crippled devil. This poor devil, of whom everyone makes fun, is not without his uses at times. Francisco José de Goya y...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 65: Where ...

Mother has dropsy and they have sent her on an outing.  God willing, she may recover. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a legendary Spanish painter and printmaker...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 64: Bon vo...

Where is this infernal company going, filling the air with noise in the darkness of night?  If it were daytime it would be quite a different matter and gun shots...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 63: Look h...

The print shows that these are two witches of means and position who have gone out to take a little exercise on horseback. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)...