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Maja Against a Background of Demons

Maja Against a Background of Demons

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
(American, 1907–1973)
1824–28, printed 1954
Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquaint
DimensionsPlatemark: 19.1 x 12.3 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.) Sheet: 31.8 x 22.2 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession number2002.529
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsVerso in blue ink (hand of E. Sayre): This impression pulled on / old paper by Ture Bengtz,/ Boston, 1952
ProvenanceEleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; bequest to MFA October 23, 2002
No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1811–1812
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
about 1811–1812
Image Not Available for Y esto tambien. (And this, too); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 45.
Y esto tambien. (And this, too); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 45.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Lo mismo. (Likewise); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 3.
Lo mismo. (Likewise); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 3.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1811-1812
Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the Bloody War in Spain Against Bonaparte [Disasters of War], plate 6.
Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the Bloody War in Spain Against Bonaparte [Disasters of War], plate 6.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1811-12
Image Not Available for Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, mounted in a bound album
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, mounted in a bound album
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811- 12; this set printed about 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Lo mismo. (Likewise); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 3, mounted in a bound album
Lo mismo. (Likewise); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 3, mounted in a bound album
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1811-12; posthumous impression, 1862
Image Not Available for Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War), plate 4, mounted in a bound album
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War), plate 4, mounted in a bound album
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12, this set printed 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from "Los Desatres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 6, mounted in a bound album.
Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from "Los Desatres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 6, mounted in a bound album.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12; this set printed about 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Lo mismo. (Likewise); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 3 (bound set)
Lo mismo. (Likewise); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 3 (bound set)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12; published 1863
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 4 (bound set)
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 4 (bound set)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12; published 1863