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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
What a Tailor Can Do
What a Tailor Can Do
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.514
Of What Will He Die?
Of What Will He Die?
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.543
This What He Calls Reading
This What He Calls Reading
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.549
What a Sacrifice!
What a Sacrifice!
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.481
Photo: Scott Leen
Aquarda Que Te Unten
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.475
Linda Maestra!
Linda Maestra!
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.476
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mock Bull-fight
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.477
How Grave They Are
How Grave They Are
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.478
Where Is Mama Going
Where Is Mama Going
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.479
Poor Little Things
Poor Little Things
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.480
And Yet They Do Not Go
And Yet They Do Not Go
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.483
Ensayos
Ensayos
Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 44.484