Quien lo creyera! Plate 62, from: Los Caprichos (D. 99; H. 97)
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Quien lo creyera! Plate 62, from: Los Caprichos (D. 99; H. 97)
etching, burnished aquatint and engraving, 1797-98, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression printed in warm sepia with rich contrasts, from the First Edition of approximately three hundred sets, published by the artist in 1799, with margins, the lower sheet corners made up; together with Porque esconderlos?, Plate 30, from: Los Caprichos (D. 67; H. 65), etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint, on laid paper without watermark, a fine impression of the First Edition, with margins, with pale mount staining and occasional foxing, otherwise in good condition
P. 202 x 150 mm., S. 302 x 199 mm.
P. 215 x 152 mm., S. 295 x 207 mm. (2)
Quien lo creyera! Plate 62, from: Los Caprichos (D. 99; H. 97)
etching, burnished aquatint and engraving, 1797-98, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression printed in warm sepia with rich contrasts, from the First Edition of approximately three hundred sets, published by the artist in 1799, with margins, the lower sheet corners made up; together with Porque esconderlos?, Plate 30, from: Los Caprichos (D. 67; H. 65), etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint, on laid paper without watermark, a fine impression of the First Edition, with margins, with pale mount staining and occasional foxing, otherwise in good condition
P. 202 x 150 mm., S. 302 x 199 mm.
P. 215 x 152 mm., S. 295 x 207 mm. (2)
Provenance
Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; and his sister Katherine Eliot Bullard (1866-1920), Boston; given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, December 1914 (cf. L. 982, without their mark and according to the museum). (H. 97).
Eleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA (1916-2001); her bequest to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 23 October 2002 (without mark and according to the museum.) (H. 65).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (L. 282); with their duplicate stamp; given or bequeathed from the above (H. 97 and 65); de-accessioned in 2012.
Eleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA (1916-2001); her bequest to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 23 October 2002 (without mark and according to the museum.) (H. 65).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (L. 282); with their duplicate stamp; given or bequeathed from the above (H. 97 and 65); de-accessioned in 2012.
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