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Tale-bearers—Blasts of wind (Soplones)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

Tale-bearers—Blasts of wind (Soplones)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);8 x 5 7/8 in. (20.32 x 14.92 cm);7 3/8 x 5 in. (18.73 x 12.7 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
2008/1.152.48

Description

Plate 48
Tale-bearers—Blasts of wind.
(Soplones.)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.48
Commentary: The tale-bearing witches are the most irritating in all witchcraft and the least intelligent in that art; if they really knew something they wouldn’t blast it about.

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