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A caza de dientes. (Out hunting for teeth); Caprichos 12
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–98
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint, working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.9 x 15.3 cm (8 5/8 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 26.3 x 20 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 26.3 x 20 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Paul Singer and Henry Lusardi and by exchange from the Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number1973.709
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 047, I, 2; Delteil 049: G&W 474
State
working proof
DescriptionWorking proof, before letters and number, before additional burnishing (H. 47, I, 2).
Signed
unsigned
Marks
L.l. margin: blind stamp of M. Ballester (Lugt 1860B); Verso: MFA stamp (Lugt 282) with accession no.in graphite: 1973.709
InscriptionsLater inscriptions: u.r. in graphite: 12; Verso: in graphite, state description acccording to Delteil and in hand of Hofer: bot P. Prouté Paris / March 1953 for f 600; sticker of Frances Hofer
ProvenanceJoaquín Ballester y Ballester (b. 1740–d. 1808), Valencia; by descent within the family to Mariano Ballester, Spain (1916-1981); after 1946 Ballester collection dispersed in Paris: P. Prouté, Paris; March 1953 Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984) and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through R. M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (original vote June 13, 1973)