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A Dwarf in the Court of Philip IV, "El Primo"
A Dwarf in the Court of Philip IV, "El Primo"

A Dwarf in the Court of Philip IV, "El Primo"

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
1778
Medium/TechniqueEtching with engraved letters, touched by later hand with gray wash on sleeve highlights; completed plate
DimensionsPlatemark: 20.5 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 23.7 x 16.4 cm (9 5/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number97.1225
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved below image: "Sacada y gravada del Quadro original de D. Diego Velazquez en que representa al vivo un / Enano de S. Phelipe IV. por D. Francisco Goya Pintor. Existe en el R.l Palacio de Madrid / Ano de 1778" Verso: pen and black ink "4"ProvenancePhilippe Burty (1830-1890; Lugt 413), sale of April 27, 1876 by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, lot 694; Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 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.