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Y son fieras. (And they are wild beasts!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 5.

Y son fieras. (And they are wild beasts!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 5.

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1811-12
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burnishing scratches, on laid paper; working proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 15.8 x 21 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 21.5 x 31.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1625
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsL.l., engraved: 28; u.l. in black ink: 5, u.r. in graphite 5.
Provenance1863, sold by Valentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid, to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co. and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1816–1819
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Fuerte cosa es ! (This is too much!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 31.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Fuerte cosa es! (This is too much!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 31
Fuerte cosa es! (This is too much!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; published 1863
Fuerte cosa es! (This is too much); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 31.
Fuerte cosa es! (This is too much); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 31.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14
Woman Carried off by a Horse; from the "Disparates" series, plate 10
Woman Carried off by a Horse; from the "Disparates" series, plate 10
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1863–64
Woman Carried off by a Horse Disparates [Proverbios, 10]
Woman Carried off by a Horse
Disparates [Proverbios, 10]
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1816–1819; printed about 184 8-1854
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 13
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 13
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado. (Barricades that the Moors made with donkeys to defend themselves from a bull with covered horns); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 17
Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado. (Barricades that the Moors made with donkeys to defend themselves from a bull with covered horns); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 17
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–16
If He Broke the Pitcher (Si quebró el Cantaro.) Caprichos 25
If He Broke the Pitcher (Si quebró el Cantaro.)
Caprichos 25
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797–1798
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 15
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 15
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848-1854
Disparate de Bestia (Animal Folly) for the Disparates series
Disparate de Bestia (Animal Folly) for the Disparates series
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; printed about 1877
Disparate de Bestia (Animal Folly); plate from the "Disparates" (Follies) series, published in "L'Art", 1877
Disparate de Bestia (Animal Folly); plate from the "Disparates" (Follies) series, published in "L'Art", 1877
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; printed 1877