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Barbarroxa
The Buffoon Cristobal de Castañeda y Pernia, called Barbarroja (Red Beard)
Barbarroxa
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Unknown Spanish
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Unknown Spanish
1778–79
Medium/Technique
Etching, aquatint, roulette, and burin; completed plate
Dimensions
Platemark: 28 x 16.5 cm (11 x 6 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1712
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 012, III, 1; Delteil 013
DescriptionCompleted plate, with letters, before bevel (H. III, 1).
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.