A Dwarf in the Court of Philip IV, "El Primo"

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

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

1778

Medium/TechniqueEtching, with handwritten inscription in pen and ink over drypoint letters on laid paper; working proof

DimensionsPlatemark: 20.5 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 28.6 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund

Accession number51.1719

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InscriptionsBelow image in pen and black ink: "PINTURA D D. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ / Que Representa á un ENANO y esta en el Palazo R.l de Ma.d grabada p.r. / D. Fran.co Goya Pintor á 1778" over in drypoint l.l. "Diego Velazquez" and l.r. F.G. Recto: later inscriptions in Spanish and English, one attributing hand of inscription to Ceán Bermudez Verso: in red chalk: "2" and other later notations.

ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid; 1863, sold by Carderera to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co., London and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA, Boston . (Accession Date: September 13, 1951).