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Aesop, the Fabulist
Aesop, the Fabulist

Aesop, the Fabulist

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint, touched (drypoint for artists' names, inscription in pen and black and brown ink); working proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.5 x 29 cm (15 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1715
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsManuscript inscriptionProvenanceValentín 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.
Menippus (Moenippus), the Philosopher
Menippus (Moenippus), the Philosopher
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
A Dwarf in the Court of Philip IV, "El Primo"
A Dwarf in the Court of Philip IV, "El Primo"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, on Horseback
Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, 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
Margarita of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Margarita of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
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
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
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
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
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
Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Banderillas with Firecrackers (Banderillas de fuego) Tauromaquia 31
Banderillas with Firecrackers (Banderillas de fuego)
Tauromaquia 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1815