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Can’t anyone untie us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

Can’t anyone untie us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 3/8 in x 5 7/8 in (21.27 cm x 14.92 cm);8 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in (20.64 cm x 13.97 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2008/1.152.75

Description

Plate 75
Can’t anyone untie us?
(¿No hay quien nos desate?)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.75
Commentary: A man and a woman tied together with ropes, struggling to get loose and trying to be untied quickly? Either I am mistaken, or they are two people who have been forced to marry.

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