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It is better to be lazy. (Major es holgar.)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

It is better to be lazy. (Major es holgar.)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching, burnished aquatint and burin on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 7/16 x 5 1/8 in. (18.89 x 13.02 cm);8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (21.27 x 14.92 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
2008/1.152.73

Description

Plate 73
It is better to be lazy.
(Major es holgar.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, and burin
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.73
Commentary: If the more he works the less he likes it, he is quite right to say, “It is better to be lazy.”

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