Aquellos polbos - Goya Capricho 23 - Original Etching, 1881-1886
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Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 23, «Aquellos polbos» (Those specks of dust), the celebrated scene of the auto de fe, from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. An impression of good contrast, with the engraved caption complete.
Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 23, «Aquellos polbos» (Those specks of dust), the celebrated scene of the auto de fe, from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. An impression of good contrast, with the engraved caption complete.
The fifth edition of Los Caprichos was printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886, on heavy paper without watermark, the impressions bound along their upper margin and with Goya's self-portrait on the cover. These are the features Tomás Harris describes in his catalog of the artist's engraved work.
Medium: Etching and burnished aquatint on heavy unwatermarked paper.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
Date: 1881-1886 (fifth edition; the series was first published in 1799).
Source: Los Caprichos, number 23, Calcografía Nacional, Madrid.
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: Acceptable. Abundant foxing in all four margins, very marked in the left and the right ones, as can be seen in the photograph. The image within the plate mark remains clean.
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Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 23, «Aquellos polbos» (Those specks of dust), the celebrated scene of the auto de fe, from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. An impression of good contrast, with the engraved caption complete.