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Las rinde el sueño. (Sleep overcomes them); Caprichos 34
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–98
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished aquatint, on laid paper, working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.9 x 15.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 26.3 x 20 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 26.3 x 20 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Bruder Hartmann and an anonymous donor and by exchange from a gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession Number1973.714
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 069, I, 2; Delteil 071: Gassier & Wilson 519
State
working proof
DescriptionWorking proof, before letters and number (H. 69, I, 2).
Signed
unisgned
Marks
L.l. margin: collector's stamp of M. Ballester (Lugt 1860b); on verso: MFA stamp (Lugt 282) with accession number in graphite: 1973.714
ProvenanceJoaquín Ballester y Ballester (b. 1740–d. 1808), Valencia; by descent within the family to Mariano Ballester, Spain (1916-1981); after 1946 Ballester collection dispersed in Paris. P. Prouté, Paris; ? April 1952 - March 1963 to Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984) and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through R. M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (original vote June 13, 1973)