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No saben el camino. (They do not know the way); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 70 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos")
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 1820–23; published 1863
Medium/Technique
Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnisher; posthumous first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.7 x 22 cm (6 15/16 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 NumberM21914.70
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 190, III, 1; Delteil 0189
DescriptionFrom posthumous first edition (1863), with title, 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.
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
No watermark
ProvenancePurchased 6/1/1911