About this artwork
A figure with a frog-like face sits at center of this print with hands folded in prayer and eyes closed. From underneath the figure, a small dog – a symbol of loyalty- barks at the encircling crowd that points and jeers. Like all of Goya’s prints in this series, this etching’s moral lesson is tinged with both absurdity and dread.
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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
- He who does not like thee will defame thee in jest, plate 17 from Los Proverbios
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Origin
- Spain
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Date
- Made 1815–1824
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Medium
- Etching and burnished aquatint on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- 218 × 323 mm (image); 245 × 352 mm (plate); 332 × 497 mm (sheet)
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Credit Line
- The Charles Deering Collection
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Reference Number
- 1927.3326
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/129709/manifest.json
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