De que mal morira? (Of what ill will he die?); Plate 40 from the series "Los Caprichos"

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De que mal morira? (Of what ill will he die?); Plate 40 from the series "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799

Medium/Technique Etching and burnished aquatint, first edition, with ms. annotations in brown ink

Dimensions Platemark: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 30.1 x 19.9 cm (11 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Miss Katherine Eliot Bullard

Accession Number14.1778

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 075, III, 1; Delteil 077; GW: 0529

DescriptionGW: 0529. Completed plate, before bevel, first edition, published 1799 (H. III, 1).

ProvenanceBy 1913, Francis Bullard (b. 1862 – d. 1913), Boston; 1913, by inheritance to his sister, Katherine Eliot Bullard (b. 1866 – d. 1920), Boston; 1914, gift of Katherine Eliot Bullard to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 23, 2018)