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She prays for her (Ruega pro ella)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

She prays for her (Ruega pro ella)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 3/16 x 5 ¼ in. (18.26 x 13.34 cm);8 x 5 7/8 in. (20.32 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
2008/1.152.31

Description

Plate 31
She prays for her.
(Ruega por ella.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.31
Commentary: And she does well to do so, that God may send her luck and keep her from harm and from surgeons and policemen and make her as dexterous and wide awake and willing as her mother who is in heaven.

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