About This Artwork

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

It is better to be lazy, plate 73 from Los Caprichos, 1797/99

Etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper
192 x 130 mm (image); 214 x 150 mm (plate); 301 x 207 mm (sheet)
Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1948.110.73

Harris 108 II/III; Delteil 110; Gassier and Wilson II. 599; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 73