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The Dwarf, Sebastián de Morra, at the Court of Felipe IV
The Buffoon el Primo
un ENANO
A Dwarf in the Court of Philip IV, "El Primo"
The Dwarf, Sebastián de Morra, at the Court of Felipe IV
The Buffoon el Primo
un ENANO
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/Technique
Etching, with handwritten inscription in pen and ink over drypoint letters on laid paper; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 20.5 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 28.6 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 28.6 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1719
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 015, I, 2; Delteil 018; Gassier and Wilson 104
State
workikng proof
DescriptionWorking proof, with artist's names in drypoint, before engraved letters, before bevel, with handwritten inscription (H. 15, I, 2).
Signed
Signed in drypoint in plate l.r.: FG (written over); L.l. in pen and ink: D. Franco Goya Pintor á 1778
Marks
Verso: in brown ink, stamp of MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsBelow image in pen and black ink: "PINTURA D D. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ / Que Representa á un ENANO y esta en el Palazo R.l de Ma.d grabada p.r. / D. Fran.co Goya Pintor á 1778" over in drypoint l.l. "Diego Velazquez" and l.r. F.G.
Recto: later inscriptions in Spanish and English, one attributing hand of inscription to Ceán Bermudez
Verso: in red chalk: "2" and other later notations.
Recto: later inscriptions in Spanish and English, one attributing hand of inscription to Ceán Bermudez
Verso: in red chalk: "2" and other later notations.
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid; 1863, sold by Carderera to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co., London and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA, Boston . (Accession Date: September 13, 1951).