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She fleeces him (Le descañona)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

She fleeces him (Le descañona)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 5/8 x 5 ¼ in. (19.37 x 13.34 cm);8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in. (21.43 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
2008/1.152.35

Description

Plate 35
She fleeces him.
(Le descañona.)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.35
Commentary: They shave him close and fleece him. It is his own fault for putting himself in the hands of such a barber.

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