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What a sacrifice! (Que sacrifico!)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

What a sacrifice! (Que sacrifico!)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);6 7/8 x 4 11/16 in. (17.46 x 11.91 cm);7 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (19.68 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
2008/1.152.14

Description

Plate 14
What a sacrifice!
(Que sacrificio!)
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, 2008/1.152.14
Commentary: That’s how things are! The fiancé is not very attractive, but he is rich, and at the cost of the freedom of an unhappy girl, the security of a hungry family is acquired. It is the way of the world.

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