‘There is a drawing-study for this print in Goya's Sanlúcar-A Album. In the print, Goya adds in the background the procuress whose wrinkled face and beady eyes look over every detail of the young lady's preparations. As is often the case, the Ayala [commentary] is even more explicit (than the Prado): ‘There could be nothing worse than a prostitute. Aunt Curra knows very well the profit that can be obtained through well-stretched stockings.’ 1

‘The most erotic plate of the series, the title has a punning meaning. It alludes to the fact that the woman, as a prostitute, has engaged in sexual activity to the degree that her vagina has been 'well stretched'. 2

1. Johnson, R. S., Francisco Goya, Los Caprichos, R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1992, p. 60.
2. Johnson, R.F: explanatory text for a travelling exhibition of this set.