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What one does to another. (Unos á otros)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

What one does to another. (Unos á otros)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 9/16 x 5 ¼ in. (19.21 x 13.34 cm);8 3/8 x 5 15/16 in. (21.27 x 15.08 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
2008/1.152.77

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Plate 77
What one does to another.
(Unos á otros.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.77
Commentary: It is the way of the world. People just fight with one another. He who yesterday played the part of the bull, today plays the “caballero en plaza.” Fortune presides over the show and allots the parts according to the inconstancy of her caprices.

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