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Etching of three old hooded women bending over a basket of babies, with a bat flying at upper right and dark hatched shadows.

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

An etching shows three gaunt, hooded old women leaning together over a wicker basket of small infants, while a bat with spread wings hovers at upper right. Hatching and heavy shadow fill the dark sky and cloth. The caption below reads Mucho hay que chupar.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/98]
Medium
Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2747 × 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: Tres brujas sobre una cesta de bebés, grabado de Goya

Un grabado muestra a tres ancianas encapuchadas y demacradas inclinadas juntas sobre una cesta de mimbre llena de pequeños bebés, mientras un murciélago con las alas extendidas vuela arriba a la derecha. Rayados densos llenan el cielo oscuro y los paños. El texto al pie dice Mucho hay que chupar.

Português: Três bruxas sobre um cesto de bebês, gravura de Goya

Uma gravura mostra três velhas encapuzadas e magras debruçadas juntas sobre um cesto de vime cheio de pequenos bebês, enquanto um morcego de asas abertas voa no alto à direita. Hachuras densas preenchem o céu escuro e os tecidos. A legenda abaixo diz Mucho hay que chupar.

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