Advanced Search 
Mad by Error (?)
Loco p.r Errar (Lunatic Because He Erred, or Lunatic To Be Fitted with Leg Irons), Sheet 44 from Album G (Bordeaux Album I)
Mad by Error (?)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1824–28
Medium/Technique
Black crayon on blued [Prussian blue] that appears gray-green, laid paper
With watermark of: Shield with St. Andrew's Cross between two lions (Gassier I, GH. II)
On verso: offset of Album G 45
With watermark of: Shield with St. Andrew's Cross between two lions (Gassier I, GH. II)
On verso: offset of Album G 45
Dimensions
Sheet :19.2 x 14.6 cm (7 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession Number53.2378
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Gassier & Wilson 1749; Gassier I, 402
DescriptionMan in robes (academic or cleric) staring intently at a book.
Signed
not signed
Marks
Verso: MFA oval stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282) , with accession number in graphite
InscriptionsUpper right:in crayon 44; upper center in crayon:n Loco p. r. Errar" (erased); lower right: in crayon..:.nto. Verso shows offset of sheet 45; on verso: Goya (not signature)
Provenance1828, by inheritance from the artist to his son, Javier Goya y Bayeu (b. 1784–d. 1854), Madrid; 1854, by inheritance to his son, Mariano Goya y Goicoechea (b. 1806–d. 1874), Madrid; about 1855-60, sold by Mariano Goya to Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (b. 1815–d. 1894), Madrid; before 1869, acquired from Federico de Madrazo by Jules Boilly (b. 1796–d. 1874), Paris; March 19-20, 1869, Boilly sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, part of lot 48 [see note 1], to Leurceau; possibly sold by Leurceau to Hyadès (an army inspector), Bordeaux. Private collection, Paris. By 1933, Alfred Strölin (dealer; b. 1871–d. 1954), Paris and Lausanne; to his son, Frederick (Fred or Fr.) Strölin (b. 1912 – d. 1974), Lausanne and Paris; 1953, sold by Frederick Strolin to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12,1953)
NOTE: [1] This was an album of twenty drawings. ("Scènes de moeurs espagnoles & Caprices")
NOTE: [1] This was an album of twenty drawings. ("Scènes de moeurs espagnoles & Caprices")