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Wait till you’ve been anointed. (Aguarda que unten)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

Wait till you’ve been anointed. (Aguarda que unten)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in (21.59 cm x 14.92 cm);8 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in (20.64 cm x 13.02 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2008/1.152.67

Description

Plate 67
Wait till you’ve been anointed.
(Aguarda que te unten.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.67
Commentary: He has been sent out on an important errand and wants to go off half-anointed. Even among the witches, some are hare-brained, impetuous, madcap, without a scrap of judgment. It is the same the world over.

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