(Like the prints I saw in Bilbao, these were behind glass that gave off too many reflections; therefore I'm using public domain illustrations from Wikipedia.)
This little art museum in Cáceres has the complete Los Caprichos. As I said when discussing Los Disparates in Bilbao, wow. #43 in the series is the most famous print Goya ever made:
This one jumped out at me because an interpretation instantly formed in my mind:
The title comes from the Greek myth of Tantalus, the poor bastard whose punishment in Tartarus consisted of always reaching for but never possessing what he wanted. In this print, it seems to me, the man loves the woman and now at last he has her in his arms -- but she's dead.
Four more that I thought were exceptionally good (or maybe just exceptionally grotesque):
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