Plate 39 from "Los Caprichos": And so was his grandfather (Asta su Abuelo), Francisco de Goya

Plate 39 from "Los Caprichos": And so was his grandfather (Asta su Abuelo)

Plate 39 from "Los Caprichos": And so was his grandfather (Asta su Abuelo) (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish) (1746-1828)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1799
Medium: Aquatint
Dimensions: 21.4 × 15.2 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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Plate 41 from "Los Caprichos": Neither more nor less (Ni mas ni menos)

Plate 41 from "Los Caprichos": Neither more nor less (Ni mas ni menos)

Plate 42 from "Los Caprichos": Thou who canst not (Tu que no puedes)

Plate 42 from "Los Caprichos": Thou who canst not (Tu que no puedes)

Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)

Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)

Plate 45 from "Los Caprichos": There is Plenty to Suck (Mucho hay que chupar)

Plate 45 from "Los Caprichos": There is Plenty to Suck (Mucho hay que chupar)

Plate 46 from "Los Caprichos": Correction (Correccion)

Plate 46 from "Los Caprichos": Correction (Correccion)

Plate 50 from "Los Caprichos": The Chinchillas (Los Chinchillas)

Plate 50 from "Los Caprichos": The Chinchillas (Los Chinchillas)

Plate 51 from "Los Caprichos": They spruce themselves up (Se repulen)

Plate 51 from "Los Caprichos": They spruce themselves up (Se repulen)

Plate 52 from "Los Caprichos": What a tailor can do! (Lo que puede un Sastre!)

Plate 52 from "Los Caprichos": What a tailor can do! (Lo que puede un Sastre!)