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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 engraved inscription; completed plate
Dimensions
Platemark: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 35.7 x 27.1 cm (14 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 35.7 x 27.1 cm (14 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1718
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 014, III, 1; Delteil 017
DescriptionCompleted plate, with engraved letters, 19th century impression (H. 13, 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.