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Menippus (Moenippus), the Philosopher
Menippus (Moenippus), the Philosopher

Menippus (Moenippus), the Philosopher

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/TechniqueEtching, with engraved letters; completed plate
DimensionsPlatemark: 30 x 22 cm (11 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 41.2 x 29.3 cm (16 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number97.1228
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.

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