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Esto es la verdadero (This is the Truth) ("Disasters of War", no. 82)

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1814–15
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, touched with black crayon, working proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 17.5 x 21.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.0 x 21.5 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1696
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsu.r. within pm. in graphite: 82
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (?), Madrid (1796-1880); Sir William Stirling (later Stirling-Maxwell), Bart of Keir (1818-1878); Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling, of Keir; Colnaghi, London; Purchased by MFA, Boston (Lugt 282), through Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Purchased Sept. 13, 1951.
Aesop, the Fabulist
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Brabisimo! (Bravissimo!); Caprichos 38
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797–98