Hilan delgado - Goya Capricho 44 - Original Etching, 1881-1886
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Original etching by Goya, Capricho no. 44 "Hilan delgado" (They spin finely), from the fifth edition of Los Caprichos printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional in an edition of 210 copies. Heavy unwatermarked paper, a well-marked plate mark and a clean impression in sepia ink.
Original etching by Goya, Capricho no. 44 "Hilan delgado" (They spin finely), from the fifth edition of Los Caprichos printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional in an edition of 210 copies. Heavy unwatermarked paper, a well-marked plate mark and a clean impression in sepia ink.
Three old women spin in an interior while, in the background, the skein tangles among the bodies of hanging children. Goya turns to the Fates who spin destiny in order to denounce the bawds who traffic in children: to spin fine, «hilar delgado», is to plot subtly and with ill intent.
Medium: Etching, aquatint and drypoint.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
Date: 1881-1886 (fifth edition; copper engraved in 1797-1799).
Source: Los Caprichos, fifth edition printed by the Calcografía Nacional for the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid; edition of 210 copies.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.9 x 8.5 in (15 x 21.5 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.4 in (26 x 36.5 cm).
Condition: Clean impression, with the etched line very crisp. Foxing scattered through the margins, above all the right and upper ones. Wide margins, untrimmed.
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Original etching by Goya, Capricho no. 44 "Hilan delgado" (They spin finely), from the fifth edition of Los Caprichos printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional in an edition of 210 copies. Heavy unwatermarked paper, a well-marked plate mark and a clean impression in sepia ink.