Explore the Analysis of this artwork, Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga.
The pets in this portrait have been analysed in many different ways. The caged birds may symbolize the innocent soul, the cats may be an evil force. For example, Goya shows a cat among the creatures in The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, part of The Caprices.
The Caprices The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters