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Sepia etching of a crowded, shadowy scene with a kneeling cloaked figure, a bowl of pale food, a small hunched child at left, and robed figures behind.

The Claws of a Cat and the Dress of a Devotee - similar to Vice is often clothed in Virtue's habit, plate nine from Los Proverbios

Sepia etching with aquatint shows a crowded, shadowy scene: a kneeling figure in a dark cloak bends over a bowl of pale food while a small hunched child stands at left. Behind, a press of robed, hooded figures crowds the composition.

Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Date
1815/24
Medium
Etching and burnished aquatint printed in sepia ink on ivory wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1198 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1824).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection

Español: Las garras de un gato y el hábito de un devoto, Goya

Aguafuerte en sepia con aguatinta muestra una escena abarrotada y sombría: una figura arrodillada con capa oscura se inclina sobre un cuenco de comida pálida mientras un niño pequeño y encorvado está a la izquierda. Detrás, una multitud de figuras encapuchadas con túnicas llena la composición.

Português: As garras de um gato e o hábito de um devoto, Goya

Água-forte em sépia com aquatinta mostra uma cena lotada e sombria: uma figura ajoelhada de manto escuro se inclina sobre uma tigela de comida pálida, enquanto uma criança pequena e curvada está à esquerda. Atrás, uma multidão de figuras encapuzadas e vestidas com túnicas ocupa a composição.

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