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Ruega por ella. (She prays for her); Caprichos 31
She Prays for Her (Ruega por ella.), Caprichos 31
Ruega por ella. (She prays for her); Caprichos 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–1798
Medium/Technique
Etching, aquatint with burnishing, and touches of pen and brown ink (working proof)
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.9 x 15.2 cm (8 5/8 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Ian Woodner Family Foundation and by exchange from the 1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number1973.713
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 066, I, 2; Delteil 068; Gassier & Wilson 513
State
working proof
DescriptionWorking proof, before letters and before an additional grain of aquatint, which is extensively burnished, before drypoint and burin, touched with pen and brown ink indicating changes on her forehead, rt. eye and left cheek. Harris 66, I, 2
Signed
unsigned
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp (Lugt 282) with acc. no. in graphite 1973.713
InscriptionsLater inscriptions and stamps: Upper left in graphite: Pl 31
ProvenanceProbably Ricardo de los Rios (b. 1846–d. 1929), Paris. ? 1930 through Marcel Guiot and Colnaghi to Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984) NY; Philip Hofer and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through Robert M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (original vote June 13, 1973)