Plate 25 from "Los Caprichos": If he broke the pot (Si quebró el Cantaro)

1799

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint
Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (20.4 x 14.9 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (29.5 × 21 cm)
Collection no.: 18.64(25)
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Francisco Goya. Plate 25 from "Los Caprichos": If he broke the pot (Si quebró el Cantaro). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Plate 25 from "Los Caprichos": If he broke the pot (Si quebró el Cantaro) — Francisco Goya. 1799.

Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint. Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (20.4 x 14.9 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (29.5 × 21 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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