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Mascaras crueles (Cruel Masks) [recto]
Francisco Goya · 1796/1797 · brush and black ink and gray wash with scraping on laid paper
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About this picture
Mascaras crueles (Cruel Masks) [recto] is a public-domain drawing by Francisco Goya, dated 1796/1797. Brush and black ink and gray wash with scraping on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Mascaras crueles (Cruel Masks) [recto]” (1796/1797) may be a court portrait or one of the darker printed series, the Caprichos and the Disasters of War. The title tells you which.
About the artist
Francisco Goya (1746–1828) was a Spanish court painter who also made the Caprichos and the Disasters of War. The late pictures and prints are darker and more private than the portraits.
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