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Will No One Set Us Free

Will No One Set Us Free

late 18th-early 19th century

Francisco José Goya y Lucientes

Spanish, 1746-1828

A 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.


Print
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
44.518
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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)

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