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

Old Man on a Swing

1824-28
Black chalk, 190 x 151 mm
Hispanic Society of America, New York

This graphics belongs to Album H.

In his last sketchbook, Goya pokes fun at old men who act as if they were still young. He occasionally takes a look at himself, too, from an ironic distance.




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