Goya, an account of his life and worksCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Goya, an account of his life and works
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828
59. Y aun no se van!
‘And yet they do not go!’ Two withered wretches uphold a slab of stone
which threatens to overwhelm them. Not impossibly this may symbolise the
determined clinging to life of even the most wretched.
60. Ensayos.
‘Essays.’ An enormous goat surveys a nude man and woman who are rising
in the air. Meaning obscure.
61. Volaverunt.
A handsome young woman flying through the air supported by three
crouching figures. Said to represent the Duquesa de Alba.
62. Quien lo creyera?
‘Who would believe it?’ Two naked wretches fighting in mid-air are
falling into the jaws of monsters.
63. Miren que grabes!
‘How grave they are!’ Men with the heads of birds and donkeys riding on
grotesque-looking beasts.
64. Buen viaje!
‘Bon voyage!’ Winged monsters or witches flying through the darkness.
65. Donde va mamá?
‘Where is mamma going?’ A fat woman carried through the air by three
demons, one of whom rides an owl. A cat holds a parasol over the group.
66. Allá va eso.
‘Beware!’ A man and a woman with outspread wings flying in the company
of a cat and a serpent.
67. Aguarda que te unten.
‘Wait till you have been anointed!’ A goat leaps upwards while two
grotesque wretches endeavour to anoint its hoofs. Alleged by some to be
a derisive allusion to the sacrament of extreme unction.
68. Linda maestra!
‘Pretty mistress!’ Two witches preceded by an owl.
69. Sopla.
‘She blows!’ Woman using a child as a bellows.
70. Devota profesion!
‘Devout profession!’ A woman with ass’s ears, seated astride a satyr,
recites from a book at the direction of two ecclesiastics.
71. Si amanece, nos vamos.
‘The dawn is breaking, we’ll be off.’ Breaking up of a witches’ party.
72. No te escaparás.
‘You will not escape.’ A girl trying to elude winged creatures with
men’s heads.
73. Mejor es holgar.
‘It’s better to do nothing.’ A man assists a woman to disentangle a
skein. Girl stands by amused.
74. No grites, tonta.
‘Don’t grizzle, idiot.’ A girl alarmed at two comical monkish phantoms.
A variation of the artist’s favourite theme of bogeys raised by monks.
75. No hay quién nos desate?
‘Will no one set us free?’ A man and a woman tied to the same tree.
Satire on marriage.
76. Esta Vmd? pues, como digo, etc....
‘Are you there? Well, then, as I say.... Well, be careful! If not....’
Nonsensical orders issued by a fat, ridiculous-looking officer.
77. Unos á otros.
‘From one to the other.’ Old dotards attacking a third who is playing at
‘ball.’ May be intended to convey a satire on the aged who pretend to
the activities and energy of youth.
78. Despacha, que despiertan.
‘Be quick, they waken.’ An old woman apparently awaking her
fellow-servants.
79. Nadie nos ha visto.
‘Nobody has seen us.’ Monks drinking in a cellar.
80. Ya es hora.
‘It is the hour.’ Monks stretching themselves and yawning.
_Sometimes included in Los Caprichos are the following_:--
81. Sueño de la mentira y de la inconstancia.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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