Goya, Aguarda que te unten - Capricho 67 - Etching - 5th Edition 1881-86
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Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, "Aguarda que te unten" (Wait till you've been anointed), no. 67 of Los Caprichos: a horned sorcerer greases the legs of a he-goat about to take flight, while a second figure holds the bowl of ointment.
Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, "Aguarda que te unten" (Wait till you've been anointed), no. 67 of Los Caprichos: a horned sorcerer greases the legs of a he-goat about to take flight, while a second figure holds the bowl of ointment.
An impression from the fifth edition of Los Caprichos, printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional for the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in an edition of 210 copies, on thick wove paper without watermark and from the beveled copper. The album was bound along the upper edge of the sheets.
Medium: Etching and aquatint, with touches of drypoint and burin.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746 - Bordeaux, 1828).
Date: Fifth edition, 1881-1886 (the image engraved 1797-1799).
Source: Los Caprichos, Calcografía Nacional, Madrid; edition of 210 copies.
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.0 x 8.7 in (15.2 x 22 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.9 in (26 x 37.8 cm).
Condition: Pale foxing scattered through the margins of the sheet, visible in the photograph; the impression itself is clean, with good gradation of the aquatint.
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Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, "Aguarda que te unten" (Wait till you've been anointed), no. 67 of Los Caprichos: a horned sorcerer greases the legs of a he-goat about to take flight, while a second figure holds the bowl of ointment.