A Dwarf (El Primo) after Velázquez - Goya Original Etching - 1778
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It is also titled 'The Cousin'. Goya's engraving of a work by Velazquez. Print dimensions: 21.5 x 15.5 cm.
Original etching by Francisco de Goya after Velázquez's portrait of a dwarf at the court of Philip IV, also known as "El Primo". The sitter is shown seated outdoors, wearing a broad hat and leafing through a huge open book, with an inkwell and other volumes at his feet.
It belongs to the prints with which the young Goya copied Velázquez's paintings in the royal collections. Below the image it bears the engraved inscription «Sacado y grabado del Quadro original de D. Diego Velazquez en que representa al vivo un Enano del S. Phelipe IV. por D. Francisco Goya Pintor. Existe en el R.l Palacio de Madrid. Año de 1778.» Impression on white paper with wide margins.
Medium: Etching.
Artist / after: After Diego Velázquez (1599-1660).
Engraver: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
Date: 1778 (date inscribed in the plate).
Dimensions: Plate 8.5 x 6.1 in (21.5 x 15.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition; clean paper with wide margins and a well-marked plate mark.
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It is also titled 'The Cousin'. Goya's engraving of a work by Velazquez. Print dimensions: 21.5 x 15.5 cm.