DE QUE SIRVE UNA TAZA (WHAT IS THE USE OF A CUP)

Artist FRANCISCO GOYA (1746 - 1828)

DateEtched c.1810-1813, Published 1863

CountrySpain

MediumEtching, burnished aquatint, and lavis

Dimensions12.7 × 17.9 cm (5 × 7 1/16") (Image)
Overall (Sheet): 25.2 x 34 cm (9 15/16 x 13 3/8")

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Paul and Suzanne Engemann.

Terms

Object number000230001

DescriptionThe image depicts a central group of figures who consist of one kneeling female figure, in profile facing left, holding a cup of liquid, and one reclining figure helping to support a third figure either unconscious or dead; two smaller juvenile figures appear dead near and on the prone figure.

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