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Mejor es holgar. (It is better to be lazy); Plate 73 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint, and burin; pre-publication impression
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.7 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 30.0 x 20.0 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 30.0 x 20.0 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB4165.73
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 108, II; Delteil 0110
DescriptionCompleted plate, pre-publication impression.
From a bound pre-publication set of so-called trial proofs (H. II);
bound in brown sprinkled (mottled) calf with gold letters and decoration. On spine in gold on black: CAPRICH / DE/ GOYA; 31.0 x 21.3; in red slipcase, 31.8 x 22.8 cm
From a bound pre-publication set of so-called trial proofs (H. II);
bound in brown sprinkled (mottled) calf with gold letters and decoration. On spine in gold on black: CAPRICH / DE/ GOYA; 31.0 x 21.3; in red slipcase, 31.8 x 22.8 cm
ProvenanceWilliam P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.