![In an etching on beige paper, a little person sits cross-legged among books, papers, and a pot of ink. He wears an 18th-century suit and wide-brimmed hat. Text at the bottom is in Spanish. Translated into English reads: “Taken and captured from the original painting of Diego Velazquez which represents the Dwarf of King Philip IV by Francisco Goya, [illegible] in the Royal Palace of Madrid, 1773.”](https://risdmuseum.cdn.picturepark.com/v/QgfnSU16/)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Un Enano (A Dwarf) / El Primo,
Title
Un Enano (A Dwarf) / El Primo
Medium
etching
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
21.6 x 15.6 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches) (plate)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Lettered below image: "Sacada y gravada del Quadro original de D. Diego Velazquez en que representa al vivo un Enano del S. Phelipe IV por D. Francisco Goya Pintor. Existe en el R.l Palacio de Madrid. Año 1778"
Identification
Standard Reference Number
Harris 1964, no. 16.III.1
Type
Credit
Museum Works of Art Fund
Object Number
48.418
Un Enano (A Dwarf) / El Primo
Lettered below image: "Sacada y gravada del Quadro original de D. Diego Velazquez en que representa al vivo un Enano del S. Phelipe IV por D. Francisco Goya Pintor. Existe en el R.l Palacio de Madrid. Año 1778"
Harris 1964, no. 16.III.1
Publications
Exhibition History
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