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Etching of three old hooded women bending over a basket of babies, with a bat flying at upper right and dark hatched shadows.

Three Witches Around a Basket of Babies, Goya Etching

An etching shows three gaunt, hooded old women leaning together over a wicker basket of small infants, while a bat with spread wings hovers at upper right. Hatching and heavy shadow fill the dark sky and cloth. The caption below reads Mucho hay que chupar.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/98]
Medium
Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2747 × 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

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