Dios la perdone: Y era su madre. (For heaven’s sake: and it was her mother.)

Francisco Goya1796-1797

Details

Title: Dios la perdone: Y era su madre. (For heaven’s sake: and it was her mother.)
Creator: Francisco de Goya
Date Created: 1796-1797
Set or Series Title: Los Caprichos
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1946
Materials & Techniques: Etching, aquatint, and drypoint
Keywords: maternity, satire
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First edition, 1799; the false biting below the "e" in "madre" was effaced before the second edition, and is seen in this impression.
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 196 mm x 148 mm (7.72 in. x 5.83 in.).
Bibliography: Tomás Harris 51; Loys Delteil 53; D 53 iii
Associated People: Created by Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Accession Number: 1946.D1.40.16

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