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Dark etching of two emaciated figures straining to hold up a huge tilted stone slab, with a crouched figure at lower left.

Goya Caprichos plate 59: two wretches holding up a slab

Plate 59 from Goya's Caprichos series shows two gaunt, emaciated figures straining to prop up a huge tilted slab of stone. Dark etched and aquatinted lines and a diagonal composition create a grim, nightmarish mood, with a third crouched figure at lower left.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/1798]
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2781 × 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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