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What a Mouth of Gold

What a Mouth of Gold

late 18th-early 19th century

Francisco José Goya y Lucientes

Spanish, 1746-1828

Again 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.
Print
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
44.548
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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