Image
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Description
Maker
- J. Aragon, printer
- Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, publisher
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746-1828, Spanish, printmaker
Title
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
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Dimensions
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21.3 x 21.9 cm (8 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches) (plate)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered: "Los Proverbios / Coleccion de diez y ocho laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte / por / Don Francisco Goya / Publicala la R.l Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando. / Madrid / 1864"
Type
Credit
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Museum Works of Art Fund
Object Number
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49.457
About
Titlepage and 18 plates from Goya's series known as Los Proverbios (The Proverbs) or Los Disparates (The Follies). Goya probably worked on the plates between 1816 and 1824. This is a complete set of the first edition, printed in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano, and published posthumously by the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid in 1864.
Lettered: "Los Proverbios / Coleccion de diez y ocho laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte / por / Don Francisco Goya / Publicala la R.l Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando. / Madrid / 1864"