Title

'To rise and to fall', 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya

Caption

'To rise and to fall', 1799. Plate 56 of 'Los caprichos'. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artist's political liberalism and revulsion towards ignorance and intellectual oppression.

Date

1799

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B94_019

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,4in x 17,0in / 3421 x 5106 (300dpi)

Keywords

holding lifting control country Spain Spanish body figure location century struggle concept crazy monster discarded ankle nightmare restriction B&W MONOCHROME savage black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century satire Art Media restrictive the body etching caricature Francisco Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes De Goya Francisco De Goya Goya Francisco etching caricature