1799
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ya van desplumados (There They Go Plucked) is a 1799 ink by Francisco Goya, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a chaotic street scene. A woman in a fancy dress stands with her arms raised, looking shocked. Behind her, a man in a hooded robe holds a stick and seems to be leading two children—one naked, the other half-dressed—toward her. A dog sniffs the ground nearby, and a statue looms in the background. An eagle with outstretched wings hovers above the group, adding to the unease. The title *Ya van desplumados* hints at a dark joke—"there they go plucked"—but the image itself is full of strange tension. The mix of ordinary people and eerie details feels unsettling, like a dream gone wrong. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how Goya built these dramatic layers.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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