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

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

1797-1798, published 1799

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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Object Details

Title:

What a Golden Beak! (Que pico de Oro!)
Plate 53 from the series Los Caprichos (Caprices)

Date:

1797-1798, published 1799

Artist:

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Medium:

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions:

Plate: 8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (21.3 x 14.9 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Bloomfield Moore Fund, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-30-51

Geography:

Printed in Madrid, Spain, Europe

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