Authentic Etching Francisco De Goya, "Mucho hay que chupar" Gallery Framed

Description: Capricho No. 45: Mucho que hay chupar "Los Caprichos" are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798 and published as an album in 1799. The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived. "Los Caprichos" took Goya from a reproductive etcher and court painter to the father of modern art. Goya began the sketches for the etchings shortly after an illness that began in 1792 and left him deaf. His physical weakness brought about a burst of creativity, which resulted in the 80 prints critiquing the social culture of 18th century Spanish nobility and the Church, which was carrying out the Inquisition. The criticisms are far-ranging and acidic; he speaks against all seven of the deadly sins, the predominance of superstition, the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical short-comings, marital mistakes and the decline of rationality. Some of the prints have anticlerical themes. Goya described the series as depicting "the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society, and from the common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance or self-interest have made usual. This etching is Plate 45: "Mucho hay que chupar" from "Los Caprichos" (The Caprices) form the fifth edition as issued in 1881-1886 by the Real Academia, limited to 210 examples. Appraisal Value as of 2014: $4,200.00Gallery Matted and Framed in an Elegantly Carved Gilded FrameEtching size: 8 in. x 5 7/8 in.Framed size: 26 in. x 28 in.Certificate of Authenticity and Appraisal IncludedSee other listings for two more Goya etchings (see photo of three etchings on gallery wall).

Price: 1400 USD

Location: Sahuarita, Arizona

End Time: 2024-09-02T05:51:44.000Z

Shipping Cost: 150 USD