Title

'Wait till you've been anointed', 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya

Caption

'Wait till you've been anointed', 1799. Plate 67 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_120

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 11,4in x 17,0in / 3427 x 5104 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal female holding women woman people animals sitting painting politics country Spain Spanish naked body ugly royal elderly political location century goat goats royalty lady concept ankle B&W ignorance grotesque MONOCHROME nakedness scapegoat black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century satire Art Media anointing farce the body social comment etching caricature Francisco Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes De Goya Francisco De Goya Goya Francisco etching caricature