A Woman and a Horse, Let Someone Else Master Them, plate ten from Los Proverbios

Museum record 44901: A Woman and a Horse, Let Someone Else Master Them, plate ten from Los Proverbios by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. A verified en…

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This darkly satirical interpretation of a popular proverb demonstrates the equally unruly nature of equine and womankind. Twisting and rearing in a desolate landscape, the horse becomes both a violent abductor and a tender savior as he tries to catch the struggling woman’s dress in his teeth before she plummets to the ground. MyArtTaste includes museum record 44901 as a recognizable discovery anchor, using the institution's official open-data metadata and image for this specific work.