'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D), Francisco de Goya

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D)

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D) (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish) (1746-1828)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: c. 1819–1823
Medium: Brush, black and gray ink and wash, touches of black chalk, on laid paper
Dimensions: 23.4 × 14.4 cm (sheet)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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Old woman Woman Figure Witch Carrying Shadow Grimace Smiling Face Head Leg Foot Dress Apron Inscription Lettering Writing Strange Grotesque Anguish Reserved white Monochrome Black and white Gray Wash Ink

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Nothing is Known of This; two figures picking up a body in front of a church, a monk singing next to them and another in the background; page 7 from the "Witches and Old Women" Album (D)

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Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open

Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

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Plate 10 from "La Tauromaquia": Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid

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Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body

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Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza