Advanced Search 
Old Man on a Swing
Le Vieux se Balançant
from the "Late Caprichos"
Warlock on a Swing among Demons
Old Man on a Swing
Le Vieux se Balançant
from the "Late Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Ture Bengtz (American (born Finland), 1907–1973)
Printer: Ture Bengtz (American (born Finland), 1907–1973)
Drawn and etched 1824–28; printed 1954
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint; posthumous impression; warm black ink, plate tone
Dimensions
Platemark: 20.3 x 13.4 cm (8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 29.5 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.5 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession Number54.915
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 032, IV; Delteil 025
DescriptionPosthumous impression, post Lumley, (H. 32, IV, 1-2). Printed by Ture Bengtz, Boston, 1954.
Printed from the copper plate in MFA (1970.608)
Printed from the copper plate in MFA (1970.608)
Marks
No watermark
InscriptionsVerso; in blue ink,hand of E. Sayre: This impression pulled on /old paper by Ture / Bengtz, Boston, 1954
ProvenancePhilip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); gift July 8, 1954