Accession Number
2008/1.152.67

Title
Wait till you've been anointed. (Aguarda que unten)

Artist(s)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Object Creation Date
1799

Medium & Support
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper

Dimensions
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in (21.59 cm x 14.92 cm);8 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in (20.64 cm x 13.02 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Label copy
Plate 67
Wait till you’ve been anointed.
(Aguarda que te unten.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.67
Commentary: He has been sent out on an important errand and wants to go off half-anointed. Even among the witches, some are hare-brained, impetuous, madcap, without a scrap of judgment. It is the same the world over.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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