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Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 ¼ x 4 7/8 in. (18.41 x 12.38 cm);8 7/16 x 6 in. (21.43 x 15.24 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2008/1.152.30

Description

Plate 30
Why hide them?
(Porque esconderlos?)
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, 2008/1.152.30
Commentary: The answer is easy. The reason he doesn’t want to spend them and does not spend is because although he is over eighty and can’t live another month, he still fears that he will live long enough to lack money. So mistaken are the calculations of avarice.

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