Ya van desplumados (There They Go Plucked)

Francisco Goya

National Gallery of Art

This is a print depicting a group of women and fantastical animals. The four women stand together on the right, all looking towards the left. Two of them are young, with dark hair and long dresses, while the other two are old, their faces deeply wrinkled and cloth covering their heads. The two young women hold long brooms, and they seem to be sweeping away three creatures near the bottom left corner of the print. These creatures look like featherless birds, but they have the heads of men. One of the birds stands on the edge of a doorway or window on the left, through which bright light pours in. Near the top right corner, above the four women, a bird-like creature flies, its head obscured by feathers and its wings outstretched. The background is gray, aside from the bright doorway.