Tale-Bearers - Blasts of Wind, plate 48 from Los Caprichos
Medium
Etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19 × 12.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 20.6 × 15.1 cm (8 1/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 20.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
123809
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Published in book form in 1799, Goya’s Los caprichos (caprices) presents a dark commentary on the moral, social, and religious ills that plagued late 18th-century Spain. One of Goya’s best-known publications, the series of 80 etchings considers themes of sexuality, violence, superstition, and the fantastical nature of dreams and nightmares. Many of the prints in Los caprichos feature hordes of monstrous demons, ranging from winged owl-like creates to demonic cats and bats, as depicted in Tale-Be...
About the Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1746–1828
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born on March 30, 1746, in the small Aragonese village of Fuendetodos, Spain, to José Benito de Goya, a master gilder, and Gracia de Lucientes. The fourth of six children in a modest lower-middle-class family, Goya received a basic education before beginning his artistic training at age 14 under the local painter José Luzán y Martínez in Zaragoza, where he sp...