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MENIPO FILOSOFO
MOENIPPUS
Menippus (Moenippus), the Philosopher
MENIPO FILOSOFO
MOENIPPUS
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 with drypoint letters, and pen and ink inscription; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 30 x 22 cm (11 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 29.7 cm (16 1/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 29.7 cm (16 1/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1717
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 014, I, 2; Delteil 017
DescriptionWorking proof, before engraved letters, with artists' names in drypoint and handwritten inscription (H. 14, 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.