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Jester with Books in the Court of Philip IV


The Dwarf, Diego de Acedo (known as "el Primo") at the Court of Felipe IV
un Enana de S. Phelipe IV
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778

Medium/Technique Etching, with engraved inscription; completed plate
Dimensions Platemark: 21.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 35 x 27.9 cm (13 3/4 x 11 in.)
Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1722
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 016, III, 1; Delteil 019
DescriptionCompleted plate, with engraved letters, before bevel, 19th century impression (H. 16, 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.