Goya, Esto Sí Que Es Leer - Capricho 29 - Etching, 5th Ed. 1881-1886
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Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Esto sí que es leer, Capricho no. 29, from the fifth edition printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional of the Real Academia de San Fernando. An edition of 210 copies in sepia ink.
Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Esto sí que es leer, Capricho no. 29, from the fifth edition printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional of the Real Academia de San Fernando. An edition of 210 copies in sepia ink.
A grotesque figure reads with his eyes shut while one servant powders his wig and another, on his knees, puts on his shoes: Goya's satire of the idle nobleman who makes a show of learning. The fifth edition was printed on strong paper without a watermark, the coppers beveled and sewn along the upper margin, as Tomás Harris catalogues it.
Medium: Etching, aquatint and drypoint.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.
Publisher: Calcografía Nacional, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
Date: Fifth edition, 1881-1886.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.9 x 8.5 in (15 x 21.5 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.9 in (26 x 37.8 cm).
Condition: A clean impression; foxing spread across the margins of the sheet and a slight tear at the upper edge, visible in the photograph.
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Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Esto sí que es leer, Capricho no. 29, from the fifth edition printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional of the Real Academia de San Fernando. An edition of 210 copies in sepia ink.