Artwork

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 1: Francis...

“Grand self-portrait” Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a legendary Spanish painter and printmaker who is renowned as the first ‘modern’ artist. Goya’s late artworks were sombre and...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 21: How th...

Heens (pretty lasses) also encounter birds of prey to pluck them and that is why the saying goes “you’ll get as good as you give”. Francisco José de Goya y...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 20: There ...

If they have already been plucked, get them out: there will be others coming along. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a legendary Spanish painter and printmaker who...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 19: Everyo...

And those who are about to fall will not take the warning from the example of those who have fallen! But nothing can be done about it: all will fall....

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 18: And th...

It will not occur to him to take off his breeches or to stop talking to the candle, until the local fire brigade freshens him up.  Wine can do as...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 17: It is ...

Oh! The bawdy old woman is no fool!  She knows quite well what is wanted, and that the stockings must fit tightly.  Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was...