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

Prints and Drawings

1815/24

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

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:)
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.: 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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