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Witch on a Swing


La Vieille se Banançant
Old Witch Swinging
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Ture Bengtz (American (born Finland), 1907–1973)
Drawn and etched 1824–28; printed 1954

Medium/Technique Etching, drypoint, and burnishing; posthumous impression
Dimensions Platemark: 20.3 x 13.4 cm (8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 29.1 x 21 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession Number54.916
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 033, IV, 1-2; Delteil 026
DescriptionPosthumous impression, post Lumley (H. 33, IV, 1-2). Printed by Ture Bengtz, Boston, 1954.
Printed from the copper plate in MFA (1970.608)
Marks Watermark: fragment of three crescents (Sayre, Late Caprichos, p. 41.
ProvenancePhilip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); gift July 8, 1954