Artwork Information

  • Title:

    “So Sorry”: And It Was Her Mother (Dios La Perdone: Y Era Su Madre)

  • Artist:

    Goya, Francisco

  • Artist Bio:

    Spanish, 1746–1828

  • Date:

    etched 1794-1798, published 1803

  • Medium:

    Etching, aquatint and drypoint

  • Dimensions:

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Robert Fizzell

  • Object Number:

    1964.2.16

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display


About the Artwork

The young lady left home still a child; she served her apprenticeship in Cadiz, came to Madrid; won a lottery prize. Now she comes for a walk to the Prado Promenade, and hears a filthy and decrepit old woman asking her for alms; the young lady sends her away; the old woman insists. The belle turns around and finds . . . . , -who could tell? -that the beggar is her mother.

 

La señorita salió muy niña de su tierra; hizo su aprendizaje en Cádiz, vino a Madrid: la cayó la lotería. Baja al Prado, oye que una vieja mugrienta y decrépita la pide limosna, ella la despide ynsta la vieja.

¿Vuélvese la petimetra y halla…quién lo diría?… que la pobretona es su madre.