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Y aun no se van! (And still they don't go!); Caprichos 59

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799

Medium/Technique Etching, burnished aquatint, and burin, on laid paper; first edition
Dimensions Platemark: 21.9 x 15.2 cm (8 5/8 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 31.5 x 22 cm (12 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1843
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 094, III, 1; Delteil 096; Gassier & Wilson 569
DescriptionCompleted plate, before bevel, first edition, published 1799 (H. III, 1).
Marks Verso: MFA/Koehler stamp (Lugt 1581), with ledger number (K 318) in graphite; stamp in letter press of S. R. Koehler (Lugt 1580); in ink signture of S. R. Koehler (Lugt 5017)
In pencil: Bot from Keppel / $ x . 7 □
InscriptionsEngraved, u.r.: 59; b.c.: Y aun no se van!
ProvenanceBy 1888, Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc., New York; 1888, sold by Keppel to Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900), Leipzig, Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 23, 2018)

NOTE:
Sylvester Rosa Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.