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Felipe III, King of Spain, on Horseback


Phillip III, King of Spain
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Unknown Spanish
1778

Medium/Technique Etching; working proof (unique of this state)
Dimensions Platemark: 37 x 31 cm (14 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 59.8 x 44 cm (23 9/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1700
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 005, I, 1; Delteil 06: G & W 90
State working proff
DescriptionWorking proof, before letters, before additional etching, before drypoint, with ms. inscription in brown ink and total of letters in black ink, (H. I, 1).
On off-white laid paper with watermark: R. ROMANI and coat of arms.
Marks WM: ' "R ROMANI" and coat of arms
InscriptionsManuscript inscription: Below image in pen and brown and black ink: "Felipe III Rey de Espana. 21 / Pintura de D.n Diego Velázquez. Del tamaño del natural en el R.l Palacio de Madrid, dibujada y 74 / grabada por D.ñ Fran.co Goya, Pintor, año de 1778. 40”;
Verso, in red chalk: “3” and “24 todas”
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (?), Madrid (1796-1880); Sir William Stirling (later Stirling-Maxwell), Bart of Keir (1818-1878); Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling, of Keir; Colnaghi, London; Purchased by MFA, Boston (Lugt 282), through Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Purchased Sept. 13, 1951.