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How they pluck her! (¡Qual la descanonan!)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

How they pluck her! (¡Qual la descanonan!)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 1/16 x 5 in. (17.94 x 12.7 cm);8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.27 x 14.61 cm);19 x 14 in. (48.26 x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2008/1.152.21

Description

Plate 21
How they pluck her!
(¡Qual la descañonan!)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.21
Commentary: Hens (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.

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