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Aesop, the Fabulist (Recto) Balthasar Carlos (Verso)

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
(Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/TechniqueEtching only, touched with printer's ink; working proof (double-sided print), on laid paper Verso: etching
DimensionsPlatemark: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 34 x 22 cm (13 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1714a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper right: etched, AESOPUS
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.
It is summer and by moonlight they take the air and get rid of their fleas by touch. (Es herano y a la luna, toman el fresco, y se espulgan / al tiento) [Three Figures Seated at an Open Window] Double-sided drawing in Album B (Madrid Sketchbook) No. 85;, on verso B 86 :"Buen Sacerdote..." (Good Priest....)
It is summer and by moonlight they take the air and get rid of their fleas by touch. (Es herano y a la luna, toman el fresco, y se espulgan / al tiento)
[Three Figures Seated at an Open Window]
Double-sided drawing in Album B (Madrid Sketchbook) No. 85;, on verso B 86 :"Buen Sacerdote..." (Good Priest....)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1794–97
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1811-12
Margarita of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Margarita of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Fran.co Goya y Lucientes, Pintor Fran.co Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (Francisco Goya, Painter) Caprichos 1
Fran.co Goya y Lucientes, Pintor Fran.co Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (Francisco Goya, Painter) Caprichos 1
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797-98
No saben el camino. (They do not know the way); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 70.
No saben el camino. (They do not know the way); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 70.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15
Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Aesop, the Fabulist
Aesop, the Fabulist
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Pepe Illo haciendo el recorte al toro. (Pepe Illo making the pass of the "recorte"); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 29
Pepe Illo haciendo el recorte al toro. (Pepe Illo making the pass of the "recorte"); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 29
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–16
Esto es la verdadero (This is the Truth) ("Disasters of War", no. 82)
Esto es la verdadero (This is the Truth) ("Disasters of War", no. 82)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1814–15
Esto es peor. (This is worse); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 37.
Esto es peor. (This is worse); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 37.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12
Extraña devocion! (Strange devotion!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 66.
Extraña devocion! (Strange devotion!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 66.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15
Lo merecia. (He deserved it); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 29.
Lo merecia. (He deserved it); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 29.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1813