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A Bad Night (Mala noche.) Caprichos 36
A Bad Night (Mala noche.) Caprichos 36

A Bad Night (Mala noche.)
Caprichos 36

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–1799
Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint with burnishing (first edition)
DimensionsPlatemark: 21.8 x 15.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 30.2 x 19.9 cm (11 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Katherine Eliot Bullard
Accession number14.1777
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper right in engraving: 36.; lower center in engraving: Mala noche.ProvenanceBy 1913, Francis Bullard (b. 1862 – d. 1913), Boston; 1913, by inheritance to his sister, Katherine Eliot Bullard (b. 1866 – d. 1920), Boston; 1914, gift of Katherine Eliot Bullard to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 23, 2018)
El amor y la muerte. (Love and Death); Caprichos 10
El amor y la muerte. (Love and Death); Caprichos 10
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797–1799
Can't Anyone Untie Us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?) Caprichos 75
Can't Anyone Untie Us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?)
Caprichos 75
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797–1799
Tristes presentimientos de lo que ha de acontecer. (Sad forebodings of what is to happen); from bound set of the first edition of "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 1
Tristes presentimientos de lo que ha de acontecer. (Sad forebodings of what is to happen); from bound set of the first edition of "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 1
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1813-15; published 1863
Otro modo de cazar á pie. (Another way of hunting on foot); "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 2
Otro modo de cazar á pie. (Another way of hunting on foot); "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 2
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1815–1816
Temeridad de Martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza. (Martincho's recklessness in the ring at Zaragoza); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 18
Temeridad de Martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza. (Martincho's recklessness in the ring at Zaragoza); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 18
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; published 1816
To Rise and to Fall (Subir y bajar.) Caprichos 56
To Rise and to Fall (Subir y bajar.)
Caprichos 56
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797–1799
Carlos V. lanceando un toro en la plaza de Valladolid. (Carlos V spearing a bull in the Valladolid plaza); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 10
Carlos V. lanceando un toro en la plaza de Valladolid. (Carlos V spearing a bull in the Valladolid plaza); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 10
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1815–16
El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid. (The same person [i.e. "Martincho"] makes a bull turn in the Madrid ring); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 16
El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid. (The same person [i.e. "Martincho"] makes a bull turn in the Madrid ring); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 16
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; published 1816
The Agility and Audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the Ring] at Madrid (Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apiñani en la de Madrid.) Tauromaquia 20
The Agility and Audacity of Juanito Apiñani in [the Ring] at Madrid (Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apiñani en la de Madrid.)
Tauromaquia 20
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1815–1816
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or Wrongly); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 2
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or Wrongly); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 2
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1811-12; published 1863
Que valor! (What courage!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 7
Que valor! (What courage!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 7
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1811-12, published 1863
Fuerte cosa es! (This is too much!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 31
Fuerte cosa es! (This is too much!); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; published 1863