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Goya etching of three gaunt old women spinning thread, with small figures in the upper right corner and a caption below.

Three witches or Fates spinning, with bodies of babies tied up behind them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

An etching and aquatint with a dark, hatched tone shows three gaunt old women spinning, one seated on a low stool at right with a spindle, another at left holding a distaff. Small figures hang in the upper right corner, and the caption Hilan delgado appears below.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/1798]
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2741 × 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 hilando (Hilan delgado), aguafuerte de Goya

Un aguafuerte y aguatinta de tono oscuro y rayado muestra tres ancianas demacradas hilando, una sentada en un taburete bajo a la derecha con un huso y otra a la izquierda sosteniendo una rueca. Pequeñas figuras cuelgan en la esquina superior derecha, y el pie de imagen Hilan delgado aparece abajo.

Português: Três bruxas fiando (Hilan delgado), gravura de Goya

Uma gravura em água-forte e aquatinta, de tom escuro e hachuras, mostra três velhas esqueléticas fiando, uma sentada em um banquinho baixo à direita com um fuso e outra à esquerda segurando uma roca. Pequenas figuras pendem no canto superior direito, e a legenda Hilan delgado aparece embaixo.