Advanced Search
Advanced Search

I Saw It (Yo lo vi.) Disasters of War 44

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1810–1811

Medium/Technique Etching with drypoint and engraving (working proof)
Dimensions Platemark: 16.1 x 23.9 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.5 x 31 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1668
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné GW 1064; H 164, I, 1; D 0163
DescriptionWorking proof, before numbers and title (H. I, 1).
Marks No watermark
InscriptionsUpper right in graphite pencil: 44; lower left in etching; Goya
Provenance1863, sold by Valentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid, to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co. and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)