# As far back as his grandfather

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Aquatint, 215 x 150 mm

## Commentary

Goya caricatures the pride of the hidalgos. Some 500.000 of Spain&#39;s population of around 10 million considered themselves to belong to this lesser branch of the nobility. Since work was beneath their station, most of them were impoverished, their only possessions being a long line of ancestors.

## Related artworks

- [A Lunatic behind Bars](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-lunatic-behind-bars-r89e78f85b1b8ed>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-detail-r187d2fea23a2d9>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-detail-r752f4664e155b9>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-rbda121865cf8f6>)
- [A Prison Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-prison-scene-re4f8958d82de77>)
- [A Procession of Flagellants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-procession-of-flagellants-r7c560e795cac25>)
- [A Village Bullfight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-village-bullfight-rdd15ebb7ed309e>)
- [A Walk in Andalusia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-walk-in-andalusia-rcb626cc9de4532>)
- [Allegory of the City of Madrid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/allegory-of-the-city-of-madrid-r288dedf8b0771f>)
- [Asmodea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/asmodea-r6c93cbf3f5c8f2>)
- [Atropos \(The Fates\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/atropos-the-fates-rf49a44788cb39d>)
- [Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/bartolom-sureda-y-miserol-r1a157089852608>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)