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Tantalo. (Tantalus); Plate 9 from the series "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
printed 1798; published 1799
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint, first edition impression
Dimensions
Platemark: 20.5 x 15 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 31 x 22.2 cm (12 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 31 x 22.2 cm (12 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession Number2002.498
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 044, III, 1; Delteil 046
Descriptionfine grain of aquatint, in two tones, fine and medium
InscriptionsEngraved, u.r.: 9; b.c. Tantalo
ProvenancePhilip Hofer (b. 1898 - d. 1984), Cambridge, MA. Weyhe Gallery, New York. Eleanor A. Sayre (b. 1916 - d. 2001), Cambridge, MA; 2002, bequest of Eleanore Sayre to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 23, 2002)