FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828), What a golden beak! (Que pico de Oro!) Plate 53 from: Los Caprichos
FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
What a golden beak! (Que pico de Oro!)
Plate 53 from: Los Caprichos
etching with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on laid paper, a very good impression from the First Edition, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, the background rich, black and even, the whole image well defined, framed
Plate: 83⁄8 x 6 in. (213 x 152 mm.)
Sheet: 113⁄4 x 8 in. (298 x 203 mm.)
Provenance
Presumably Manuel Fernández Durán y Pando, Marqués de Perales del Río (1818-1886), Madrid.
Don Pedro Fernández-Durán (1846-1930), Madrid; with his stamp (Lugt 747b); presumably by descent from the above.
Don Tomas de la Maza y Saavedra (1896-1975); gift from the above.
With Herman Shickman Fine Arts, New York.
With Stuart Denenberg, Los Angeles.
Private American Collection; acquired from the above.
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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
What a golden beak! (Que pico de Oro!)
Plate 53 from: Los Caprichos
etching with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on laid paper, a very good impression from the First Edition, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, the background rich, black and even, the whole image well defined, framed
Plate: 83⁄8 x 6 in. (213 x 152 mm.)
Sheet: 113⁄4 x 8 in. (298 x 203 mm.)
Provenance
Presumably Manuel Fernández Durán y Pando, Marqués de Perales del Río (1818-1886), Madrid.
Don Pedro Fernández-Durán (1846-1930), Madrid; with his stamp (Lugt 747b); presumably by descent from the above.
Don Tomas de la Maza y Saavedra (1896-1975); gift from the above.
With Herman Shickman Fine Arts, New York.
With Stuart Denenberg, Los Angeles.
Private American Collection; acquired from the above.