Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 

Caprichos series

1st edition

1797/1799  

Ya van desplumados

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 15 cm (print), 29,1 x 20,1 (sheet) 

¡Qual la descañonan!

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 15m (print), 30,4 x 21 cm (sheet)

Mala noche

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 15m (print), 24 x 16,7 cm (sheet)

Duendecitos

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 15 cm (print), 31,3 x 31,6 cm (sheet)

Los Chinchillas

Etching on paper, 20,4 x 14,9 cm (print), 24,1 x 16,7 cm (sheet)

Lo que puede un Sastre!

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 15 (print) 29,1 x 20,2 cm (sheet)

El Vergonzoso

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 15 cm (print), 24,1 x 17,2 cm (sheet)

La filiacion

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 15 cm (print), 31,7 x 22,1 cm (sheet)

Tragala, perro!

Etching on paper, 21,3 x 15,1 cm (print), 29,8 x 21 cm (sheet)

Miren que grabes!

Etching on paper, 21,3 x 16,1 cm (print), 29,9 x 20,3 cm (sheet)

Donde vá mamá?

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 16,3 cm (print), 28,8 x 20 cm (sheet)

Devota profesion

Etching on paper, 21,5 x 16,5 cm (print), 29,4 x 32,1 (sheet)

¿Esta Vm...pues, Como digo...eh! Cuidado! si no...

Etching on paper, 21,3 x 15 cm (print), 29 x 20 cm (sheet)

Unos á otros

Etching on paper, 21,3 x 14,9 cm (print), 28,9 x 20,2 cm (sheet)

Despacha que despiértan

Etching on paper, 21,3 x 15 cm (print), 31,6 x 22,4 cm (sheet)

Incident:

1799. Calle del Desengaño 1, Madrid.

In 1799, Goya put Caprichos on sale with an advertisement in the Diario de Madrid newspaper. Just fourteen days later, he hastily withdrew the prints from sale in fear of the Spanish Inquisition. The artist ended up giving the entire series to the king as a gift, thus escaping censorship.

Biography:

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746 - Bordeaux, 1828) is one of the most important Spanish artists in history and is considered the father of modern art. He was a painter for the Spanish Royal Family but also a person who was very aware of the political and social reality of the country.