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Muchachos al avío. (Lads Making Ready); Plate 11 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint, first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.9 x 15.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.7 x 18.6 cm (11 11/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.7 x 18.6 cm (11 11/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in honor of Henry P. Rossiter
Accession Number67.1198.11
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 046, III, 1; Delteil 048
DescriptionCompleted plate from a bound first edition set, before bevel, published 1799 (H. III, 1).
Bound in red leather with gold letters on spine ("CAPRICES/ DE/ GOYA") and gold decoration inside, 31.0 x 21.0 cm.
Bound in red leather with gold letters on spine ("CAPRICES/ DE/ GOYA") and gold decoration inside, 31.0 x 21.0 cm.
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1967, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 10, 1968)