Skip to main content
  1. Art
  2. The Collection

Nobody known himself (Nadie se conoce)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

Nobody known himself (Nadie se conoce)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 7/16 x 4 11/16 in. (18.89 x 11.91 cm);8 3/8 x 5 15/16 in. (21.27 x 15.08 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
2008/1.152.6

Description

Plate 6
Nobody knows himself.
(Nadie se conoce.)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.6
Commentary: The world is a masquerade. Face, dress, vice, all are false. All wish to appear as they are not, all deceive and do not even know themselves.
Plate 6
Nobody knows himself.
(Nadie se conoce.)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.6
Commentary: The world is a masquerade. Face, dress, vice, all are false. All wish to appear as they are not, all deceive and do not even know themselves.

Usage Rights:

If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.