Gray wash sketch of tangled figures in motion, one pale-robed figure lifted by a dark-clothed man, with a handwritten inscription at the bottom.

Dream of Flogging

A loose gray wash drawing on pale laid paper shows a tangle of figures in motion: a pale-robed figure is held aloft by a dark-clothed man, while another figure leans in from above. Faint strokes and a handwritten inscription, "Sueño de azotes," appear at the lower edge.

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Date: 1801/03
Medium: Black watercolor on ivory, moderately textured laid paper with partial watermark.
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1404 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1803).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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