Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)
Baltasar Carlos
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)1778
Baltasar Carlos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828) after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660) →etchingprint
Date
1778
Medium
Etching and drypoint with engraved inscription on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.6 × 22.3 cm (12 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.); Plate: 35 × 22.3 cm (13 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet, folded at bottom: 55.3 × 43.1 cm (21 13/16 × 17 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
Like Velázquez in the 17th century, Goya was an artist to the Spanish Royal Court. He worked in a variety of media, from tapestry design and painting to printing. While his posthumous fame derived from the satirical series Caprichos and the Disasters of War, he also produced other types of prints. Some of his earliest were reproductive etchings after Velázquez’s much-prized portraits and history paintings. Goya would have seen the originals hanging in the Royal Palace in Madrid (now in the Museo del Prado).
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