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Etching of three old women hunched over a wicker basket of babies, with bats flying in the dark sky above.

Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

An etching with aquatint in dark tones shows three hunched old women crowded together at left and center, one gripping a small object, beside a wicker basket of pale infants. Bats with spread wings hover in the dark upper right, and the caption Mucho hay que chupar is engraved along the bottom margin.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/98]
Medium
Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2901 × 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: Mucho hay que chupar: tres brujas, cesta de bebés y murciélagos

Un aguafuerte con aguatinta en tonos oscuros muestra a tres mujeres ancianas encorvadas, apretadas a la izquierda y al centro, junto a una cesta de mimbre con bebés pálidos. Murciélagos con las alas extendidas revolotean en la oscuridad arriba a la derecha, y la leyenda Mucho hay que chupar aparece grabada en el margen inferior.

Português: Mucho hay que chupar: três bruxas, cesto de bebês e morcegos

Uma gravura em água-forte com aquatinta em tons escuros mostra três velhas curvadas, apertadas à esquerda e ao centro, ao lado de um cesto de vime com bebês pálidos. Morcegos de asas abertas voam na escuridão no alto à direita, e a legenda Mucho hay que chupar aparece gravada na margem inferior.

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