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Neither More nor Less (Ni más ni menos)

1797-1798, published 1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Within Los Caprichos Goya created a suite of six prints depicting humans as donkeys, a common satirical device at the time that critiqued foolishness or ignorance in society. In Neither More nor Less Goya again presents a nobleman in the guise of a donkey, this time attempting to flaunt his cultural refinement. The painter of the portrait is depicted as a monkey, a copyist mimicking the work of genuine artists.


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