Will No One Set Us Free
Datelate 18th-early 19th century
Maker
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828
Label TextA man and woman, bound to each other and to a barren tree, struggle helplessly to free themselves. Above stands an enormous, near-sighted owl. For Goya, the owl represented not wisdom but folly or stupidity. Its pointedly old-fashioned glasses suggest blind adherence to tradition-in this case the religious dogma that did not permit divorce.
Object number44.518
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "The Art of Protest" April 27, 2000 - January 21, 2001
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Francisco Goya and Robert Heinecken: The Risk Of Satire", May 8, 1993 - January 2, 1994 (05/08/1993 - 01/02/1994)Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
MediumPrint
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.498
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.475
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.479
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.483
Pair/Pair
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