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Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes)
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 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (18.1 x 11.75 cm);8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in. (21.43 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
2008/1.152.12

Description

Plate 12
Out hunting for teeth
(A caza de dientes.)
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, 2008/1.152.12
Commentary: The teeth of a hanged man are very efficacious for sorceries; without this ingredient there is not much you can do. What a pity the common people should believe such nonsense.

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