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AESOPUS
ESOPO EL FABULADOR
Aesop, the Fabulist
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 and drypoint, touched (drypoint for artists' names, inscription in pen and black and brown ink); working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.5 x 29 cm (15 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.5 x 29 cm (15 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1715
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 013, I, 2; Delteil 016
DescriptionWorking proof, with handwritten inscription (H. 13, I, 2).
InscriptionsManuscript inscription
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.