Until Death, plate 55 from Los Caprichos

Prints and Drawings

1797/99

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

Goya’s Caprices series scathingly attacks the hypocrisy and superstition the artist saw throughout contemporary Spanish culture. Glued to her dressing table mirror, the crone in this image sees only her fashionable trappings, not her wrinkled visage. In the background, young courtiers mock her futile vanity with shielded laughs and amused glances. And yet, though the shortsighted pathetic creature may have one foot in the grave, it is encased in an elegantly exposed stocking.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Title: Until Death, plate 55 from Los Caprichos
Place: Spain (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1797–1799
Medium: Etching and aquatint in warm black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 19 × 13.2 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 15.1 cm (8 1/2 × 6 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 20.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1948.110.55
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