Goya etching. 'Las rinde el sueño' (Sleep overcomes them). Plate 34 from The Caprices. 5th edition (1881-1886)
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. 'Las rinde el sueño' (Sleep overcomes them). Plate 34 from Los Caprichos. 5th edition (1881-1886)
This fifth edition of Los Caprichos was printed between 1881 and 1886 in the Calcografía de la Real Academia, stamped in etching and aquatint and with drypoint, in soft sepia ink. The plates were beveled and the binding was done at the top of the prints. The edition consists of 210 copies. Very clean and correct tinted stamping; aquatint allows shadows to be nuanced by creating grayscale gradation and dramatic, haunting lighting. The strong paper used does not have a water mark as usual as Harris catalogs it. The original folder in which the complete collection was presented was made of cream cardboard with the portrait of Goya stamped on the cover and the Title: “Fran.co Goya y Lucientes Pintor”.
'Las rinde el sueño' (Plate 34) is part of The Caprichos. In this print a group of women find themselves in a dark room in which light enters with difficulty through a lattice arch. The central figure in the composition is seated on a rough and uneven floor, with his head resting on his hand and his arm on his thigh, in a reflective or sleepy attitude. She wears bare feet and a striped headband in her hair. Three other women lying and sitting on the ground stand out in the foreground for their white robes that contrast with the darkness of the background; the two of the extremes - we suppose that they are also female characters - seem to wear robes with their heads hooded.
This stamp has given rise to various interpretations; in some cases it has been pointed out that they are imprisoned prostitutes and that the hooded figures could be their matchmakers. However, the manuscripts of the Museo Nacional del Prado and the one in the National Library indicate that it is an image that collects the interior of a convent in which the nuns have had carnal relations with some friars, after which they sleep.
Plate size: 15x21,5 cm.
Paper size: 26x36.5 cm.
It has rust stains that can be seen in the image.
Los caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797-1798, and published as an album in 1799 (first edition). The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived.
Thirteen official editions are known: that of 1799, five in the 19th century, and seven in the 20th century. Being the last one in 1970 carried out by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. 'Las rinde el sueño' (Sleep overcomes them). Plate 34 from Los Caprichos. 5th edition (1881-1886)
This fifth edition of Los Caprichos was printed between 1881 and 1886 in the Calcografía de la Real Academia, stamped in etching and aquatint and with drypoint, in soft sepia ink. The plates were beveled and the binding was done at the top of the prints. The edition consists of 210 copies. Very clean and correct tinted stamping; aquatint allows shadows to be nuanced by creating grayscale gradation and dramatic, haunting lighting. The strong paper used does not have a water mark as usual as Harris catalogs it. The original folder in which the complete collection was presented was made of cream cardboard with the portrait of Goya stamped on the cover and the Title: “Fran.co Goya y Lucientes Pintor”.
'Las rinde el sueño' (Plate 34) is part of The Caprichos. In this print a group of women find themselves in a dark room in which light enters with difficulty through a lattice arch. The central figure in the composition is seated on a rough and uneven floor, with his head resting on his hand and his arm on his thigh, in a reflective or sleepy attitude. She wears bare feet and a striped headband in her hair. Three other women lying and sitting on the ground stand out in the foreground for their white robes that contrast with the darkness of the background; the two of the extremes - we suppose that they are also female characters - seem to wear robes with their heads hooded.
This stamp has given rise to various interpretations; in some cases it has been pointed out that they are imprisoned prostitutes and that the hooded figures could be their matchmakers. However, the manuscripts of the Museo Nacional del Prado and the one in the National Library indicate that it is an image that collects the interior of a convent in which the nuns have had carnal relations with some friars, after which they sleep.
Plate size: 15x21,5 cm.
Paper size: 26x36.5 cm.
It has rust stains that can be seen in the image.
Los caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797-1798, and published as an album in 1799 (first edition). The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived.
Thirteen official editions are known: that of 1799, five in the 19th century, and seven in the 20th century. Being the last one in 1970 carried out by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.