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Banderillas with Firecrackers (Banderillas de fuego) Tauromaquia 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1815
Medium/Technique
Etching, aquatint with burnishing, direct etching, drypoint, and foul biting with black chalk border, on laid paper; working proof
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 21.1 x 32 cm (8 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Anne Marie Davidson in honor of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession Number1991.741
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 234, I, 2; Delteil 0254; Gassier & Wilson 1212
DescriptionWorking proof, before number, with partial black chalk border (H. I, 2).
Signed
signed and dated in plate
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282) with accession no. in graphite
InscriptionsLower right etched in plate: 1815 Goya
ProvenanceAgustin Lhardy Garrigues (b. 1847–d. 1918), Madrid; 1918, by descent to his daughter, Luisa Lhardy Garrigues; by descent to her daughter, Luisa Temes Lhardy; 1982, sold by her to Miguel Espel (dealer, Galerie MUN), Madrid; after 1984, sold by Miguel Espel and Robert White (dealer), New York, to Louis G. Davidson (b. 1910–d. 1985), Chicago; 1985, by inheritance to his wife, Anne Marie Davidson (b. 1915–d. 2012), Chicago; November 19, 1991, gift of Anne Marie Davidson to the MFA. (Accession Date: Dec. 18, 1991)