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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);
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 (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1824–28; printed by 1971
Medium/TechniqueDouble-sided copper plate with etching and drypoint
DimensionsCopper plate: 19.3 x 12.5 cm (7 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Philip Hofer, in honor of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession number1970.609
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: 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
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
Caritas (Saint Francis of Paola)
Caritas (Saint Francis of Paola)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
About 1775–80
Felipe III, King of Spain, on Horseback
Felipe III, King of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Balthasar Carlos, Prince of Spain, on Horseback
Balthasar Carlos, Prince of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Felipe III, King of Spain, on Horseback
Felipe III, King of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Margarita de Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Margarita de Austria, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778
Balthasar Carlos, Prince of Spain, on Horseback
Balthasar Carlos, Prince of Spain, on Horseback
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778