Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. Todos caerán. Plate 19 from Los Caprichos etching series, 1970 edition.

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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. Todos caerán. Plate 19 from Los Caprichos etching series, 1970 edition. The wove paper is … Read more Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. Todos caerán. Plate 19 from Los Caprichos etching series, 1970 edition. The wove paper is watermarked with the stamp of the Calcografía Nacional.

"Todos caerán" (Plate 19). This etching is one of the most cruel and ruthless compositions in the series, and its true meaning is both difficult and complex to interpret. Authors such as Rodríguez Torres (1998: 506–511) view this work as an allegorical representation of politics, while others relate the scene to prostitution and/or a satirical portrayal of the successive lovers of Queen María Luisa. The theme of bird hunting is sometimes used in emblem literature to illustrate a satire on love.

Plate size: 14.8 × 22 cm
Paper size: 26.3 × 38 cm

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797–1798, and published as an album in 1799 (first edition). The prints were an artistic experiment and a medium for Goya’s condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness of the Spanish society in which he lived.
Thirteen official editions are known: the first in 1799, five in the 19th century, and seven in the 20th century—the last one published in 1970 by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. See less