Plate 30 from "Los Caprichos": Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?)
1799
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
21.4 × 15.1 cm (8.4 × 5.9 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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