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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
- 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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