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What a Mouth of Gold
What a Mouth of Gold

What a Mouth of Gold

Datelate 18th-early 19th century
Maker Francisco José Goya y Lucientes Spanish, 1746-1828
Label TextAgain Goya criticizes the Church. The parrot is the obvious symbol for a speaker who mimics old texts instead of offering enlightening interpretation. The "mouth of gold" sarcastically refers to this tired rhetoric and suggests also the Church's amassing of riches at the expense of the devout and fearful poor.
Object number44.548
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
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All Will Fall
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
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Object number: 44.532
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Object number: 44.531
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You Will Not Escape
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