They Have Flown, Plate 61
Medium
etching and aquatint
Dimensions
image: 18.6 × 12.9 cm · sheet: 31.9 × 22.3 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Accession Number
1956.272
Tags
maleLatine and Hispanic Artists
About this artwork
In the print series Los Caprichos, which translates as “caprices” or “artistic fantasies,” Francisco de Goya drew on his expansive imagination to comment on Spanish society. The artist’s critiques are not always clear, and many of the prints are intentionally ambiguous. Here, three witches support a young woman taking flight. Caught in the wind, her dress and veil transform her into a human butterfly, perhaps reflecting views at the time that characterized women as flighty. However, both the ass...