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Bravo!
"Protege las artes y se que lo entiende"
Brabisimo! (Bravissimo!); Caprichos 38
Bravo!
"Protege las artes y se que lo entiende"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–98
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.9 x 15.2 cm (8 5/8 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 x 20.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 x 20.5 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Ruth P. Cunningham
Accession Number1973.715
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 073, I, 2; Delteil 075; G & W: 524.
State
working proof
DescriptionWorking proof, before letters and number, and with various handwritten titles (H.73, I, 2).
Signed
unisgned
Marks
InscriptionsIn lower margin in red chalk: "Brabo", and varuous trial titles in black chalk and brown ink, all crossed out and finally in black chalk: "Protege las artes y se que lo entiende"
Later inscriptions and stamps: u.l. in black chalk: 38; Verso in graphite: D. 75, I
Later inscriptions and stamps: u.l. in black chalk: 38; Verso in graphite: D. 75, I
ProvenanceBy 1945 Philip Hofer (1898-1984) and his wife Frances L. Hofer (1908-1978) Cambridge, MA ; sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer to the MFA through Robert M. Light, Boston, June, 1974 (original vote June 13, 1973)