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Algún partido saca. (He makes some use of it); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 40
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Printer: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Drawn and etched about 1820–23; published 1863
Medium/Technique
Etching, drypoint, and burin; posthumous first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.1 x 22 cm (6 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 33.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 33.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession NumberM21914.40
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 160, III, 1; Delteil 0159
DescriptionBrown ink, heavy plate tone. Slight bevel at left.
From posthumous first edition (1863), with letters and number (Harris III, 1). Made in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano for the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, completed March, 1863.
Volume bound in brown morocco, with gold letters on spine: "GOYA/ LOS DESASTRES/ DE LA/ GUERRA" and below, "MADRID/ 1863". Volume: 25.5 x 36.5 x 3 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.). The sheets are gold tipped. Title page reproduced, P. Hofer, The Disasters of War, N.Y.: Dover, 1967, p. 4. There is a two page introduction.
From posthumous first edition (1863), with letters and number (Harris III, 1). Made in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano for the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, completed March, 1863.
Volume bound in brown morocco, with gold letters on spine: "GOYA/ LOS DESASTRES/ DE LA/ GUERRA" and below, "MADRID/ 1863". Volume: 25.5 x 36.5 x 3 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.). The sheets are gold tipped. Title page reproduced, P. Hofer, The Disasters of War, N.Y.: Dover, 1967, p. 4. There is a two page introduction.
Marks
J and half-palmette
InscriptionsEngraved, u.l. 40; b.c. Algún partido saca.
ProvenancePurchased 6/1/1911