Francisco Goya y Lucientes, pintor

Series TitleLos Caprichos

Artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)

Date1799

MediumEtching with aquatint and other intaglio media

DimensionsPlate: 5 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (13.34 × 11.11 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-1035

Edition/State/Proof1st ed.

On View

Not on view

Collections

Prints

Terms

Exhibition History

Spanish Exhibition, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK, 1940.

Goya: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, January 16-March 1, 1953.

Portraiture, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 19-November 28, 2010, no cat.

Portraiture, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 17-July 15, 2018, no cat.

Gallery Label

This splendid self-portrait shows Goya as a bohemian rebel, anticipating self-portraits of the 19th century Romantic period. His costume is fashionable, with wide lapelled coat and curly brimmed top hat, so this is not just a portrait of a rebellious artist, but also of a successful one. The soft touch of the etching technique brings the image to life and gives restlessness to the pose, dramatized by the contrast of the dark hat and hair with the brightly lit face and coat.

Provenance

With Alden Galleries, Kansas City, MO, October 25, 1933;

Purchased from Alden Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

Published References

A collection of catalogs, vol. 1, Spanish Exhibition (Tulsa, OK: Philbrook Art Center, 1940).

Goya: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, exh. cat. (Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1953).

Tomás Harris, Goya Engravings and Lithographs (Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964), 1: no. 36, pp. 56-57, 102, 109, (repro.), as Fran^coGoya y Lucientes, Pintor.; 2: no. 36, pp. 60, 70-71, (repro.), as Fran^coGoya y Lucientes, Pintor.

Pierre Gassier and Juliet Wilson-Bareau, The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya, 2^nd ed. (New York: Harrison House, 1981), no. 451, pp. 103, 126, 163, 176, (repro.), as Fran^coGoya y Lucientes, / Pintor.

Alfonso E. Pérez-Sánchez and Julián Gállego, Goya: The Complete Etchings and Lithographs (Munich: Prestel, 1995), no. 1, p. 34, (repro.), as Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, painter.

George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 134, 314, as Caprices (Los Caprichos).

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