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Plate 16 from "Los Caprichos": For heaven's sake: and it was her mother (Dios la Perdone: Y era su madre)

1799
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

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Object Information
  • Title: Plate 16 from "Los Caprichos": For heaven's sake: and it was her mother (Dios la Perdone: Y era su madre)
  • Series/Portfolio: Los Caprichos
  • Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
  • Date: 1799
  • Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (19.7 × 15 cm)
    Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 5/16 in. (29.4 x 21.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918
  • Object Number: 18.64(16)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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