No hubo remedio. (Nothing could be done about it.)

Artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Spanish, 1746 - 1828

Daten.d.

MediumAquatint and etching

DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 × 6 in. (21.9 × 15.2 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 14 × 10 5/8 × 1/2 in. (35.6 × 27 × 1.3 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift to The Murray Collection in memory of Terry A. Murray

Object number1994.6.2

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InscribedBottom, center, the title, "Nohubo remedio." etched in the plate, below the image.Etched in the UR, outside the image area, "24."

MarkingsPaper label on backing board reads "SS2/1C4"

DescriptionGoya commenting on the Inquisition. Figure of a shackled woman sitting on a donkey, being led through a large crowd. She is wearing a tall, conical, dunce-like cap, a symbol of bad behavior, in this case Goya is referring indirectly to the unreasoning of the Inquisition and the crowd. The donkey another symbol of stupidity. The woman probably on the way to punishment for heresy, which is burning at the stake, further indicated by the flames on the conical hat.Exhibition History"Drawn from Life and Legend: European Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection," Hoopes Gallery, May 19- Sept. 23, 2007.

“Prosperity and Exclusion,” The Hyde Collection, Hoopes and Whitney-Renz Galleries, May 31 – Sept. 21, 2025ProvenanceCollection of Jane S. Murray, New York, NY; gift to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, 1994.