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The spruce themselves up (Se repulen)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

The spruce themselves up (Se repulen)
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 5 in. (18.1 x 12.7 cm);8 ¼ x 5 13/16 in. (20.96 x 14.76 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
2008/1.152.51

Description

Plate 51
They spruce themselves up.
(Se repulen.)
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, 2008/1.152.51
Commentary: This business of having long nails is so pernicious that it is forbidden even in Witchcraft.

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