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He who does not like thee will defame thee in jest, plate 17 from Los Proverbios

A work made of etching and burnished aquatint on ivory wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching and burnished aquatint on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1815/24

Artist:

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

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.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Title

He who does not like thee will defame thee in jest, plate 17 from Los Proverbios

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1815–1824

Medium

Etching and burnished aquatint on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.8 × 32.3 cm (8 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.); Plate: 24.5 × 35.2 cm (9 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 33.2 × 49.7 cm (13 1/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.3326

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