Porque esconderlos?; Los Caprichos, pl.30, 1799. Creator: Francisco Goya.

Porque esconderlos?; Los Caprichos, pl.30, 1799. Creator: Francisco Goya.

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Porque esconderlos?, (Why hide them?), Plate 30 from 'Los Caprichos', 1799. 'The answer is simple: because he doesn't want to spend them [ie the money bags]. And even though he is eighty years old and cannot live for another month, he still fears that he will outlive his money. Such are the miscalculations of greed'.

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  1. Francisco Goya, attributed to: Spanish: Artist, painter and printmakerSearch Wikipedia for Francisco Goya
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  1. Satire
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