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La Trampa (The Trap)
Y aun no se van! (And still they don't go!); Caprichos 59
La Trampa (The Trap)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–98
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint, and burin; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.9 x 15.2 cm (8 5/8 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 32 x 22.2 cm (12 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 32 x 22.2 cm (12 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bernat and the M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession Number1973.718
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 094, I, 2; Delteil 096: G & W 569
State
working proof
DescriptionWorking proof, before letters and number, before additional aquatint, burnishing and burin (H. 94 I, 2).
Signed
unsigned
Marks
Verso: MFA collection stamp (Lugt 282) with acc. no.in graphite: 1973.718
InscriptionsInscribed l.c. within pm in red chalk: La Trampa [the trap], this crossed out in pen and brown ink and written: Salga lo qe sa - / liere [Let come out what will]; in pen and brown ink, u.r. corner, within pm: 6 and u.r. corner: P 59.
Later inscriptions: u.l. in black chalk: 59; l.l. in graphite: D.96 I Et encore ils ne s'en vout pas! ; l.r.in graphite: . C 19768 [Colnaghi stock no. ]. Verso: in graphite: A.S 169F;
Later inscriptions: u.l. in black chalk: 59; l.l. in graphite: D.96 I Et encore ils ne s'en vout pas! ; l.r.in graphite: . C 19768 [Colnaghi stock no. ]. Verso: in graphite: A.S 169F;
ProvenanceProbably Ricardo de los Rios (b. 1846–d. 1929), Paris. ? 1930 through 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)