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MENIPO FILOSOFO
MOENIPPUS
Menippus (Moenippus), the Philosopher
MENIPO FILOSOFO
MOENIPPUS
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/Technique
Etching, with engraved letters; completed plate
Dimensions
Platemark: 30 x 22 cm (11 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 41.2 x 29.3 cm (16 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 41.2 x 29.3 cm (16 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1228
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 014, III, 1; Delteil 017
DescriptionCompleted plate, with engraved letters, without bevel, printed 18th century (H. 14, III, 1).
Marks
Ph. Burty (1830-1890), Paris stamp, recto (L. 413 and L. 2071); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896) stamp (L. 1309), verso; acquired 1897, MFA, Boston, Harvey D. Parker Collection, stamp (L. 1870), verso
ProvenancePhilippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris, stamp (Lugt 413) sale of April 27, 1876 by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, lot 694, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816–d. 1896), New York (Lugt 1309); October 21, 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA. (Accession date: March 23, 2018)
NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.