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Truth Has Died (Murió la Verdad.) Disasters of War 79
Murió la verdad. (Truth has died.); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 79.
Truth Has Died (Murió la Verdad.) Disasters of War 79
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1813–1814
Medium/Technique
Etching, on laid paper; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.6 x 22.1 cm (6 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 21.9 x 31.5 cm (8 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 21.9 x 31.5 cm (8 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1694
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 199, I, 1; Delteil 0198; Gassier & Wilson 1132
DescriptionWorking proof, before title and number in plate (H. I, 1).
InscriptionsUpper right in black dry medium: 79
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid; 1863, sold by Carderera 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., London, and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)