GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de
(b. 1746, Fuendetodos, d. 1828, Bordeaux)

They are hot!

1797-98
Red chalk and red wash, 219 x 153 mm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

In all probability Goya was a faithful Christian, but he hated the mass of 60.000 Spanish monks as greedy and lazy, as encouraging superstition and as profiting from the work of others.




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