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Se defiende bien. (He defends himself well); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 78.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1814–15
Medium/Technique
Etching, lavis (?), drypoint, and burin; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.9 x 21.9 cm (7 1/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 21.3 x 31.8 cm (8 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 21.3 x 31.8 cm (8 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1693
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 198, I, 2; Delteil 0197
DescriptionWorking proof, before title (H. I, 2).
Marks
No watermark
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.