Young Woman Wringing Her Hands over a Man's Naked Body, Folio 50 (verso)

Young Woman Wringing Her Hands over a Man's Naked Body, Folio 50 (verso)

Francisco Goya

1796

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

You see a woman in a dark room, her hands twisting as she looks down at a man’s bare body on the floor. Goya drew this in private notebooks, not for show. The lines are quick, almost nervous—like he caught a secret moment. The woman’s face is shadowed, but her worry feels real. If you want to see more of these raw, private sketches, look up Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828).

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