Art, literature & history
They Spruce Themselves Up, plate 51 from Los Caprichos
1797/99
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint in sepia on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 18.1 × 12.7 cm (7 3/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 21 × 14.8 cm (8 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 20.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1948.110.51
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Francisco Goya. They Spruce Themselves Up, plate 51 from Los Caprichos. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
They Spruce Themselves Up, plate 51 from Los Caprichos — Francisco Goya. 1797/99.
Medium: Etching and aquatint in sepia on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 18.1 × 12.7 cm (7 3/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 21 × 14.8 cm (8 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 20.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.