About this artwork
Goya usually depicted women as either hags or young society women. Here he may be showing the latter being corrupted by the former, especially as the young girl seems to be hiding her face in shame. The title is particularly ironic, as the witch-teacher is neither attractive nor correctly positioned on the broom.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
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Title
- Pretty Teacher!, plate 68 from Los Caprichos
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Place
- Spain (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1797–1799
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Medium
- Etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 18.4 × 12.3 cm (7 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 21 × 14.9 cm (8 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 20.5 cm (11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1948.110.68
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/123828/manifest.json