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1797-1798, published 1799

What a Golden Beak! (Que pico de Oro!)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Spanish, 1746 - 1828

Even the clergy and erudite professional classes did not escape Goya's ridicule, as he frequently exposed them for their hypocrisy and ignorance. This gathering of academics or doctors devote their swooning attentions to the repetitive ramblings of a presiding parrot.

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