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If He Broke the Pitcher (Si quebró el Cantaro.) Caprichos 25
If He Broke the Pitcher (Si quebró el Cantaro.) Caprichos 25

If He Broke the Pitcher (Si quebró el Cantaro.)
Caprichos 25

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–1798
Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint with tonal scratches (working proof)
DimensionsPlatemark: 20.5 x 15 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 19.6 cm (11 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. James O. Welch and by exchange from the H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number1973.711
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper left in brown ink: [illegible]; upper right in brown ink: 1 [within pm] and p 25. Later inscriptions: U.r. in graphite: 25: Verso in graphite: 1st state before letters (Delteil # 62) [Hofer' hand];ProvenanceJoaquín Ballester y Ballester (b. 1740–d. 1808), Valencia; by descent within the family to Mariano Ballester, Spain (1916-1981); after 1946 Ballester collection dispersed in Paris: P. Prouté, Paris; ? March 1953 Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984) and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through R. M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (original vote June 13, 1973)


Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1816–1819
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 13
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 13
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 15
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 15
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848-1854
Woman Carried off by a Horse; from the "Disparates" series, plate 10
Woman Carried off by a Horse; from the "Disparates" series, plate 10
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1863–64
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, plate 13
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, plate 13
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1863–64
Title page
Disparate Femenino (Feminine Folly); from a set of "Disparates" [also known as "Proverbios",] plate 1
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–19; printed about 1848-1854
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from a set of "Disparates" series [published as the Proverbios] , plate 3
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from a set of "Disparates" series [published as the Proverbios] , plate 3
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–19; printed about 1848
Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848 - 54
Woman Carried off by a Horse Disparates [Proverbios, 10]
Woman Carried off by a Horse
Disparates [Proverbios, 10]
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1816–1819; printed about 184 8-1854
Man Being Mocked; from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 17
Man Being Mocked; from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 17
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Disparate Puntual (Precise Folly); from the "Disparates" series
Disparate Puntual (Precise Folly); from the "Disparates" series
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17, Printed about 1877
Disparate de Bestia (Animal Folly) for the Disparates series
Disparate de Bestia (Animal Folly) for the Disparates series
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; printed about 1877