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To rise and to fall (Subir y bajar)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

To rise and to fall (Subir y bajar)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in. (21.43 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
2008/1.152.56

Description

Plate 56
To rise and to fall.
(Subir y bajar.)
Etching and burnished aquatint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.56
Commentary: Fortune maltreats those who court her. Efforts to rise she rewards with hot air and those who have risen she punishes by downfall.

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