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Plate 64 from "Los Caprichos": Bon voyage (Buen Viage)

1799
Not on view
A group of witches and demons flies through the night sky on the batlike wings of a monstrous creature. These hideous figures have been interpreted as the embodiment of vices let loose, under the cover of darkness, in the domain of ignorance. The blurring of the creatures that emerge from or disappear into the velvety layers of aquatint of the background lends the scene a nightmarish quality.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 64 from "Los Caprichos": Bon voyage (Buen Viage)
  • Series/Portfolio: Los Caprichos
  • Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
  • Date: 1799
  • Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, burin
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/16 x 6 in. (21.5 x 15.3 cm)
    Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (29.6 x 21 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918
  • Object Number: 18.64(64)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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