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Madre infeliz! (Unhappy mother!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 50
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printed with: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Printed with: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Drawn and etched about 1812–14; published 1863
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint; posthumous first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 15.7 x 20.6 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/8 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 NumberM21914.50
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 170, III, 1; Delteil 0169
DescriptionFrom posthumous first edition (1863), with title and final 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.
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
O of (J.G.O.)
ProvenancePurchased 6/1/1911