Plate 80 from "Los Caprichos": It is time (Ya es hora)
Four men dressed in ecclesiastical robes stretch and yawn in the final plate from the Caprichos, one of several Goya used to criticize the clergy. Their exaggerated physical features are meant to express the clerics’ heinous and corrupt behavior. Goya elected to conclude the Caprichos with another reference to the imbalance of power from which many of the abuses represented in the series arise. For the artist, the clergy’s grip on all aspects of people’s lives made clerics the most fearsome kind of monster. If the caption can be interpreted as a realization that it is time for them to wake up, it might also be understood as a statement that it is time for their actions to be exposed and punished.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 80 from "Los Caprichos": It is time (Ya es hora)
- Series/Portfolio: Los Caprichos
- Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
- Date: 1799
- Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin
- Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in. (21.5 x 15.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (29.5 x 20.9 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918
- Object Number: 18.64(80)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799, posthumous impression
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
ca. 1815–19 (published 1864)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
ca. 1815–19 (published 1864)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
ca. 1815–19 (published 1864)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
ca. 1815–19 (published 1864)
Related Content
Publications
Books, guides, and catalogues published by The Met.
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.