Aquatint and etching, circa 1799. 215x150 mm; 8 1/2x6 inches, full margins. First edition. From Los Caprichos. A superb, early impression, with the highlights on the satyr's right thigh and the standing figure contrasted brilliantly against the background and with the burnishing on the standing figure's hair and the satyr's chest distinct.
According to Goya's commentary on this subject, the title of which translates as "To rise and to fall," he wrote that, "Fortune maltreats those who court her. Efforts to rise she rewards with hot air and those who have risen she punishes with downfall." Delteil 93; Harris 91.
