The image shows two figures shown from head to toe in a dramatic scene. The figure on the left is a woman standing side by side with a man. She leans slightly backward with her head tilted to her right and one arm raised, while the other hand grasps the man's hands. Her facial features are detailed, with a look of concentration. She has long flowing hair, wears a floor-length dress with intricate patterns, and a garment draped over her shoulders. She stands on a raised platform with her left foot slightly pointed and bent. The second figure, a man, appears pale and mostly wearing a light-colored garment. He hangs limply from a rope just beneath his jaw, with his feet a few inches off the ground. He is barefoot, with dark unkempt hair. The background is a dark, barren landscape, adding a somber tone to the composition.
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The image shows two figures shown from head to toe in a dramatic scene. The figure on the left is a woman standing side by side with a man. She leans slightly backward with her head tilted to her right and one arm raised, while the other hand grasps the man's hands. Her facial features are detailed, with a look of concentration. She has long flowing hair, wears a floor-length dress with intricate patterns, and a garment draped over her shoulders. She stands on a raised platform with her left foot slightly pointed and bent. The second figure, a man, appears pale and mostly wearing a light-colored garment. He hangs limply from a rope just beneath his jaw, with his feet a few inches off the ground. He is barefoot, with dark unkempt hair. The background is a dark, barren landscape, adding a somber tone to the composition.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A caza de dientes (Out Hunting for Teeth)

Francisco Goya

Date
published 1799
Medium
etching, burnished aquatint, and burin on laid paper
Dimensions
page size: 30.8 × 19.4 cm (12 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.4711.l
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Los Caprichos (plate 12)

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Spanish
  • Costume
  • Man
  • Wall
  • death

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