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Loco p.r Errar (Lunatic Because He Erred, or Lunatic To Be Fitted with Leg Irons), Sheet 44 from Album G (Bordeaux Album I)
Loco p.r Errar (Lunatic Because He Erred, or Lunatic To Be Fitted with Leg Irons), Sheet 44 from Album G (Bordeaux Album I)

Loco p.r Errar (Lunatic Because He Erred, or Lunatic To Be Fitted with Leg Irons), Sheet 44 from Album G (Bordeaux Album I)

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1824–28
Medium/TechniqueBlack crayon on blued [Prussian blue] that appears gray-green, laid paper With watermark of: Shield with St. Andrew's Cross between two lions (Gassier I, GH. II) On verso: offset of Album G 45
DimensionsSheet :19.2 x 14.6 cm (7 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number53.2378
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsUpper right:in crayon 44; upper center in crayon:n Loco p. r. Errar" (erased); lower right: in crayon..:.nto. Verso shows offset of sheet 45; on verso: Goya (not signature)Provenance1828, by inheritance from the artist to his son, Javier Goya y Bayeu (b. 1784–d. 1854), Madrid; 1854, by inheritance to his son, Mariano Goya y Goicoechea (b. 1806–d. 1874), Madrid; about 1855-60, sold by Mariano Goya to Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (b. 1815–d. 1894), Madrid; before 1869, acquired from Federico de Madrazo by Jules Boilly (b. 1796–d. 1874), Paris; March 19-20, 1869, Boilly sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, part of lot 48 [see note 1], to Leurceau; possibly sold by Leurceau to Hyadès (an army inspector), Bordeaux. Private collection, Paris. By 1933, Alfred Strölin (dealer; b. 1871–d. 1954), Paris and Lausanne; to his son, Frederick (Fred or Fr.) Strölin (b. 1912 – d. 1974), Lausanne and Paris; 1953, sold by Frederick Strolin to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12,1953)

NOTE: [1] This was an album of twenty drawings. ("Scènes de moeurs espagnoles & Caprices")