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Margarita de Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1778
Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint with engraved inscription; completed plate
DimensionsPlatemark: 37 x 31 cm (14 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 45.5 x 36 cm (17 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1703
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved below image: "D. MARGARITA DE AUSTRIA REYNA DE ESPAÑA, MUGER DE PHELIPE III. / Pintura de D. Diego Velazquez de tamaño del natural en el Real Palacio de MADRID, dibujada y grabada por D. Fran.co Goya Pintor, año de1778. Note: the "co" in "Franco" should be superscript
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.