The Metropolitan Museum of Art - They Spruce Themselves Up (Se repulen), from The Caprices (Los Caprichos), plate 51

They Spruce Themselves Up (Se repulen), from The Caprices (Los Caprichos), plate 51

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They Spruce Themselves Up (Se repulen), from The Caprices (Los Caprichos), plate 51

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)

Date:: 1799
Medium:: Etching, burnished aquatint and burin on laid paper
Dimensions:: image: 7 1/16 x 4 15/16 in. (18 x 12.5 cm) plate: 8 1/4 x 5 13/16 in. (20.9 x 14.7 cm) sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. (29.4 x 20.9 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918
Accession Number:: 18.64(51)

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