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, first edition On cream laid SERRA paper with watermark: JOAN

DimensionsPlatemark: 32 x 43.7 cm (12 5/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 41.2 x 51.5 cm (16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession number97.1233

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InscriptionsEtched 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. Franciso Goya, Pintor, Año de 1778"; Later inscriptions: l.l. margin in graphite, "P L 237", l. r. margin in graphite: "amn" Verso, in black ink: "-1180"

ProvenancePhilippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris, stamp (Lugt 413) sale of April 27, 1876 by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, lot 694, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816–d. 1896), New York (Lugt 1309); October 21, 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA. (Accession date: March 23, 2018)

NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.