Two women helping a confessor to climb through a window
1796-1798
Goya’s sharp wit is on full display in this cheeky sketch from the late 1790s, where two women in traditional mantillas are caught red-handed boosting a man—presumably a priest—through a window. The caption at the bottom, 'They have made the confessor climb through the window,' hints at a scandalous secret affair, mocking the hypocrisy of the clergy and the rigid social morals of 18th-century Spain. Created just before his famous 'Los Caprichos' series, this drawing captures the Romantic artist's talent for exposing the absurdities of human behavior with just a few swift, expressive strokes of ink and wash.
- Technique
- brush and grey wash
- Material
- paper
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