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Self-Portrait
Fran.co Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (Frontispiece, pl. 1, bound into "Los Caprichos") (Francisco Goya, Painter, plate 1 of "Los Caprichos")
Self-Portrait
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799
Medium/Technique
Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin, pre-publication proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 22.0 x 15.3 cm (8 11/16 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 30.0 x 20.0 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 30.0 x 20.0 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB4165.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
Prints
Prints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 036, II, 1; Delteil 038
DescriptionFrom a bound pre-publication set of so-called trial proofs (H. II); Proof with letters and no., but before corrections in title (before comma after "Lucientes: and loop to "r" of Pintor; after colon after Fran" changed to a period.
Bound in brown sprinkled (mottled) calf with gold letters and decoration. On spine in gold on black: CAPRICH / DE/ GOYA; 31.0 x 21.3; in red slipcase, 31.8 x 22.8 cm
Bound in brown sprinkled (mottled) calf with gold letters and decoration. On spine in gold on black: CAPRICH / DE/ GOYA; 31.0 x 21.3; in red slipcase, 31.8 x 22.8 cm
ProvenanceWilliam P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.