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The title indicates the continuity between this composition and he preceding one of the series, Strange Devotion, where a group of people are shown venerating a sacred mummy being carried by a donkey. Here, several old men dressed in an outmoded fashion, carry an icon of Our Lady of Solicitude on their backs. The ridiculousness of both scenes makes clear Goya´s critical and sarcastic attitudes tow
This preparatory drawing for Caprichos, 70, Devout profession is in two parts. The image on the front of the paper is called Dream of a beginner witch while the rear one, which appears with the title, Dream of witches, has been traced from the previous one with some variants that reflect ideas from Witches in flight, a drawing in Album B or the Madrid Album. Flying was a skill that had always been
A preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 66, Strange Devotion! In his novel, Rinconete and Cortadillo (1613), Miguel de Cervantes has his character, Monipodio, say the following about two old men in his band of criminals, who, despite being thieves, “were man of considerable truth and very honorable, with good lives and reputations. God-fearing and conscientious, they attended mass every day wi
Caprichos, 70, Devout profession. The harsh criticism set out by the artist in these images, which he ironically titled Devout profession, to openly reveal the scene’s meaning, is directed against ignorant and hypocritical clergymen, metaphorically represented here by witchcraft.
In his novel, Rinconete and Cortadillo (1613), Miguel de Cervantes has his character, Monipodio, say the following about two old men in his band of criminals, who, despite being thieves, “were man of considerable truth and very honorable, with good lives and reputations. God-fearing and conscientious, they attended mass every day with strange devotion.” The adjective that qualifies their devotion
