Francisco De Goya (1746-1828) - Caprichos Blatt #21, #48, #62, #64

Francisco José De Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
Sheet #21 Qual la descanonan! (Comment les dépouiller !)
Etching, polished aquatint
Sheet size: 320 mm x 230 mm
Image size: 187 mm x 115 mm
Criticism is directed against the practices of the Spanish Justice, who plucks the people like a hen.

Francisco José De Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Sheet #48 of the ‘Caprichos’ "Soplones" (earblowers)
Etching, polished aquatint
Sheet size: 320 x 230 mm
Image size: Denunciators of the Inquisition and the auricular confession as a perfidious source of indulgence are represented here by the blowing demons with the attributes of malice, stupidity and lust.

Francisco José De Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Caprichos sheet #62 Quien lo creyerà! (Who could believe that!)
Sheet size: 320 mm x 230 mm
Image size: 187 mm x 125 mm
In the midst of a hellish tangle of devils and goblins, an old and a young witch ride.
Of the limping devil you can only see the big bat wings.

Francisco José De Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Caprichos sheet #64 Buen Viage.
Sheet size: 320 mm x 230 mm
Image size: 187 mm x 125 mm

Four sheets of the Caprichos 1979 edition with an introduction by Prof. Pierre Gassier and a commentary of the National Library of Madrid. This edition was published exclusively for the "Cercle des Professeurs Bibliophiles de France" by Verlag Roissard Grenoble.
Printed on Velin d'Arches paper, excellent quality.