Bacchus (The Drunkards)

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

a painting by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)

1778

(not assigned)Spain

Medium/TechniqueEtching; completed plate; on off-white wove paper.

DimensionsPlatemark: 32 x 43.7 cm (12 5/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.7 x 39.3 cm (12 1/16 x 15 1/2 in.)

Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund

Accession number51.1698

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InscriptionsInscription: Etched below image: "Pintura de Don Diego Velazquez con figuras del tamaño natural en el Real Palacio de Madrid, que representa un BACO fingido coronando algunos / borrachos: dibujada y grabada por D. Francisco Goya, Pintor, Año de 1778" Later inscriptions: ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (?), Madrid (1796-1880); Sir William Stirling (later Stirling-Maxwell), Bart of Keir (1818-1878); Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling, of Keir; Colnaghi, London; Purchased by MFA, Boston (Lugt 282), through Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Purchased Sept. 13, 1951.