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Love and death (El amor y la muerte)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

Love and death (El amor y la muerte)
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 3/8 x 5 ¼ in. (18.73 x 13.34 cm);8 ½ x 6 in. (21.59 x 15.24 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
2008/1.152.10

Description

Plate 10
Love and death.
(El amor y la muerte.)
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, 2008/1.152.10
Commentary: See here a Claderonian lover who, unable to laugh at his rival, dies in the arms of his beloved and loses her by his daring. It is inadvisable to draw the sword too often.

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