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Etching of two nude witches flying on a broomstick, one holding a broom, with an owl overhead and a dark landscape below.

Two naked witches riding on a broomstick accompanied by an owl. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

An etching shows two nude, gaunt witches flying on a broomstick across a dark, cloudy sky, while an owl glides above them. The lower edge shows a dim landscape, and the Spanish caption Linda maestra! appears beneath the plate.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/1798]
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2836 × 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: ¡Linda maestra! Brujas en escoba con una lechuza, grabado de Goya

Un grabado muestra a dos brujas desnudas y demacradas volando en una escoba por un cielo oscuro y nublado, mientras una lechuza planea sobre ellas. En la parte inferior aparece un paisaje tenue y la leyenda en español ¡Linda maestra!

Português: Linda maestra! Bruxas em vassoura com uma coruja, gravura de Goya

Uma gravura mostra duas bruxas nuas e esquálidas voando em uma vassoura por um céu escuro e nublado, enquanto uma coruja plana acima delas. Na parte inferior há uma paisagem sombria e a legenda em espanhol Linda maestra!

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