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The Dwarf, Diego de Acedo (known as "el Primo") at the Court of Felipe IV
Buffoon with Books
un Enano de S. Phelipe IV
Jester with Books at the Court of Philip IV
The Dwarf, Diego de Acedo (known as "el Primo") at the Court of Felipe IV
Buffoon with Books
un Enano de S. Phelipe IV
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 on laid paper; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 40.3 x 27.8 cm (15 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.3 x 27.8 cm (15 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1721
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 016, I, 2; Delteil 019; Gassier and Wilson 195
DescriptionWorking proof, before engraved letters, with additional foreground etching, before bevel (H. 16, I, 2).
Marks
On verso: in brown ink, stamp in brown of MFA, Boston (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsVarious later inscriptions on recto and verso, including "2" in red chalk
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid; 1863, sold by Carderera to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co., London and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA, Boston. (Accession Date: Sept. 13, 1951).