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Margaret of Austria
Margarita of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Margaret of Austria
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
and: Unknown Spanish
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
and: Unknown Spanish
1778
Medium/Technique
Etching, touched with pen and ink; inscribed with pen and brown and black inks; working proof, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Platemark: 37 x 31 cm (14 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 61 x 43.5 cm (24 x 17 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 61 x 43.5 cm (24 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1702
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 006, I, 1; Delteil 07: Gassier and Wilson 92
DescriptionWorking proof, before drypoint and engraved inscription, touched with pen and black and brown ink indications of future work and inscriptions (H. I, 1).
A unique working proof.
A unique working proof.
Marks
WM: ROMANI and coat of arms
InscriptionsManuscript inscription: Below image, outside pm, in pen and brown and black ink: “D/ Margarita de Austria Reyna de España Muger de PHELIPE IV [CROSSED OUT] (IN BLACK INK) / Pintura de D.n Diego Velázquez de Tamaño del natural en el R.l Palacio de Mad.d, / dibujada grabada p.r D.n Fran.co Goya Pintor, año de 1778”
Verso in red chalk: "31"; and other slight inscriptions of a later origin.
Verso in red chalk: "31"; and other slight inscriptions of a later origin.
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (?), Madrid (1796-1880); Sir William Stirling (later Stirling-Maxwell), Bart of Keir (1818-1878); Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling, of Keir; Colnaghi, London; Purchased by MFA, Boston (Lugt 282), through Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Purchased Sept. 13, 1951.