Artwork Information

  • Title:

    Love and death (El amor y la muerte)

  • Artist:

    Goya, Francisco

  • Artist Bio:

    Spanish, 1746–1828

  • Date:

    etched 1794–1798, published 1803

  • Medium:

    Etching and aquatint

  • Dimensions:

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Robert Fizzell

  • Object Number:

    1964.2.10

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display


About the Artwork

Here you see one Calderón lover who, incapable of laughing off his rival, dies in the arms of his mistress and loses her on account of his temerity. It is not advisable to draw the sword too often

 

Ve aquí un amante de Calderón que por no saberse reir de su competidor muere en brazos de su querida y la pierde por su temeridad. No conviene sacar la espada muy a menudo.