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Image Not Available for Copper Etching plate: Warlock on a Swing among Demons (Recto); Witch on a Swing (Verso);
Copper Etching plate: Warlock on a Swing among Demons (Recto); Witch on a Swing (Verso);
Image Not Available for Copper Etching plate: Warlock on a Swing among Demons (Recto); Witch on a Swing (Verso);

Copper Etching plate: Warlock on a Swing among Demons (Recto); Witch on a Swing (Verso);

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1824–28; printed by 1971
Medium/TechniqueDouble-sided copper plate with etching and burnished aquatint
DimensionsCopper plate: 19.1 x 12.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Philip Hofer, in honor of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession number1970.608
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceP. & D. Colnaghi, London; 1930s to Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); gift to MFA, Dec. 16, 1970
Image Not Available for Copper Etching Plate: Maja Against a Background of Demons (Recto); Maja (Verso);
Copper Etching Plate: Maja Against a Background of Demons (Recto); Maja (Verso);
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1824–28; printed by 1971
Image Not Available for Copper Etching Plate: Andalusian Smuggler (Cloaked Man) with Bull (Verso); Andalusian Smuggler (failed plate) (Recto)
Copper Etching Plate: Andalusian Smuggler (Cloaked Man) with Bull (Verso); Andalusian Smuggler (failed plate) (Recto)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1824–28; printed by 1971
Aesop, the Fabulist (Recto) Balthasar Carlos (Verso)
Aesop, the Fabulist (Recto) Balthasar Carlos (Verso)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
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
Que viene el Coco. (The bogeyman is coming); Caprichos 3
Que viene el Coco. (The bogeyman is coming); Caprichos 3
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (A VEUGLE ENLEVE SUR LES CORNES D'UN TAUREAU)
Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (A VEUGLE ENLEVE SUR LES CORNES D'UN TAUREAU)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1800–04
Image Not Available for No se puede mirar. (One can't look); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 26.
No se puede mirar. (One can't look); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 26.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
No se puede mirar. (One can't look); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 26
No se puede mirar. (One can't look); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 26
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; published 1863
El si pronouncian y la mano alargan/ Al primero que llega. (They say "yes" and give their hand to the first who comes); Plate 2 bound into "Los Caprichos"
El si pronouncian y la mano alargan/ Al primero que llega. (They say "yes" and give their hand to the first who comes); Plate 2 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98; published 1799
Nadie se conoce. (Nobody knows anybody, including himself); Plate 6 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Nadie se conoce. (Nobody knows anybody, including himself); Plate 6 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98; published 1799
Que se la llevaron. (They have carried her off!) Plate 8 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Que se la llevaron. (They have carried her off!) Plate 8 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98; published 1799
Tantalo. (Tantalus); Plate 9 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Tantalo. (Tantalus); Plate 9 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98; published 1799