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AESOPUS
ESOPO EL FABULADOR
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Aesop, the Fabulist (Recto) Balthasar Carlos (Verso)
AESOPUS
ESOPO EL FABULADOR
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/Technique
Etching only, touched with printer's ink; working proof (double-sided print), on laid paper
Verso: etching
Verso: etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 34 x 22 cm (13 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 34 x 22 cm (13 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1714a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 013, I, 1; Delteil 16: Harris 9, I, 1; Delteil 010
DescriptionWorking proof, before drypoint and engraved letters, touched (H. 13, I, 1).
Verso: Balthasar Carlos (H. 9)
Verso: Balthasar Carlos (H. 9)
Marks
No watermark; MFA stamp lower left on verso (Balthasar Carlos)
InscriptionsUpper right: etched, AESOPUS
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.