Margarita of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

a painting by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)

Unknown Spanish

1778

Medium/TechniqueEtching, touched with pen and ink; inscribed with pen and brown and black inks; working proof, on cream laid paper

DimensionsPlatemark: 37 x 31 cm (14 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 61 x 43.5 cm (24 x 17 1/8 in.)

Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund

Accession number51.1702

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InscriptionsManuscript inscription: Below image, outside pm, in pen and brown and black ink: “D/ Margarita de Austria Reyna de España Muger de PHELIPE IV [CROSSED OUT] (IN BLACK INK) / Pintura de D.n Diego Velázquez de Tamaño del natural en el R.l Palacio de Mad.d, / dibujada grabada p.r D.n Fran.co Goya Pintor, año de 1778” Verso in red chalk: "31"; and other slight inscriptions of a later origin. 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.