Soplones - Goya Capricho 48 - Original Etching, 1881-1886
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Original etching by Goya, Capricho no. 48 "Soplones" (Tale-bearers), 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. 48 "Soplones" (Tale-bearers), 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.
Goblins and winged sorcerers hover over two figures who cover themselves in terror. The soplones are at once the informers and those who whisper in the ear: one of the darkest subjects in the witchcraft cycle of the series, in which Goya attacks anonymous denunciation and rumor.
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 8.1 in (15 x 20.5 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.4 in (26 x 36.5 cm).
Condition: Finely modulated aquatint impression, with a good gradation of grays. Foxing scattered through the margins, visible in the photograph. Wide margins, untrimmed.
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Original etching by Goya, Capricho no. 48 "Soplones" (Tale-bearers), 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.