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Etching of a nude crouching figure holding a book, with two hooded grotesque figures above reading from a large open choirbook and heads below.

A naked witch carried on the shoulders of a monster sings from a choirbook held with pincers by two grotesque bishops while two apelike swimmers look on. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

A nude, emaciated figure crouches in the foreground, holding a book, while two hooded, grotesque clerics above hold open a large choirbook. Below, a pair of heads and a bare leg lie on dark ground in this etching with aquatint.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/1798]
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3245 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1798.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Devota profesión, aguafuerte de Goya

Una figura desnuda y demacrada se agacha en primer plano, sosteniendo un libro, mientras dos clérigos encapuchados y grotescos, arriba, sostienen abierto un gran libro de coro. Abajo, un par de cabezas y una pierna desnuda yacen sobre un suelo oscuro en este aguafuerte con aguatinta.

Português: Devota profissão, gravura de Goya

Uma figura nua e esquelética agacha-se em primeiro plano, segurando um livro, enquanto dois clérigos encapuzados e grotescos, acima, sustentam aberto um grande livro de coro. Embaixo, um par de cabeças e uma perna nua repousam sobre um chão escuro nesta gravura com aquatinta.