Los Caprichos
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Victoriano de Parra
(Spanish, 19th century)
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799
Place of PublicationMadrid, Spain
Medium/TechniqueBound set of eighty etching and aquatints, first edition containing contemporary manuscript introduction, title and plate explanations
(Madrid: 1799) Octavo; 167 leaves [title page, 5 ll. text, part title, 160 ll. (alternating print titles and mounted prints)]; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf (cream-colored archival box). The prints trimmed to image and mounted on laid paper.
DimensionsVolume: 21.3 x 15.5 x 4.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession number2002.495
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Madrid: 1799
ProvenanceVictoriano de Parra (?); José Sanchez-Gerona (1824-1927), Granada and Madrid. Artemis Fine Arts, Ltd. London; 1983 to Eleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; her bequest to MFA Oct. 23, 2002.
