Goya - Ensayos - Capricho No. 60 - Etching and Aquatint, 5th Edition
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Goya - Ensayos - Capricho No. 60 - Etching and Aquatint, 5th Edition

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Etching and burnished aquatint by Francisco de Goya, print No. 60 of the Caprichos: Ensayos, with the novice witch schooling a naked man before the he-goat, two cats and a skull at their feet. Signed Goya in the copper and numbered 60 at the upper right.

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Etching and burnished aquatint by Francisco de Goya, print No. 60 of the Caprichos: Ensayos, with the novice witch schooling a naked man before the he-goat, two cats and a skull at their feet. Signed Goya in the copper and numbered 60 at the upper right.

This impression belongs to the fifth edition of the series, printed by the Calcografia Nacional between 1881 and 1886 on thick paper without watermark. Copies of this printing were bound along the upper margin of the sheets, as the edge of this one shows.

Medium: Etching and burnished aquatint.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.
Date: The series was etched in 1797-1798; this impression is of 1881-1886.
Source: Los Caprichos, print No. 60; fifth edition, Calcografia Nacional.
Dimensions: Sheet 10.2 x 14.9 in (26 x 37.8 cm).
Condition: Foxing scattered over the sheet, clearly visible in the photograph, and an uneven upper edge from the old binding; the image clean and well printed.

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