Two brothers killing their sister's lover in her presence; folio 77 (recto) from the Madrid Album 'B'. 1796–98 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish A number of drawings from this album address relations between the sexes. Here, to avenge their sister’s honor, one of two brothers crosses swords with her lover, and the other aims a pistol at him. On the other side of the page (), Goya’s caption makes explicit what is shown, a satire on piety. Two women have adopted the appearance of nuns. Although the caption identifies the man as a confessor—a role normally associated with a re
Two brothers killing their sister's lover in her presence; folio 77 (recto) from the Madrid Album 'B'. 1796–98 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish A number of drawings from this album address relations between the sexes. Here, to avenge their sister’s honor, one of two brothers crosses swords with her lover, and the other aims a pistol at him. On the other side of the page (), Goya’s caption makes explicit what is shown, a satire on piety. Two women have adopted the appearance of nuns. Although the caption identifies the man as a confessor—a role normally associated with a religious figure—his clothes give him away as a majo (a confident, well-dressed young man from the Spanish lower classes). As such, he is clearly visiting the women at their behest to indulge in improper Two brothers killing their sister's lover in her presence; folio 77 (recto) from the Madrid Album 'B'.. Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux). 1796–98. Brush and point of brush, carbon black washes, on laid paper. Drawings
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