No hay quien nos desate? (Can't Anyone Untie Us?), published 1799

Not on View

series Title

Los Caprichos (plate 75)

Medium

etching and aquatint with burnishing on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)

sheet: 28.7 x 18.9 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Harris 1964, no. 110, State III

Accession Number

1994.60.26

Artists / Makers

Francisco Goya (artist) Spanish, 1746 - 1828

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in plate: ?No hay quien nos desate?; upper right in plate: 75.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: K. 7328 MK(?) J.3828; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (not deciphered); by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: D7MSS44

Provenance

Loys Delteil (1869-1927), Paris (Lugt 773); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.
Delteil, Loys

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 52.

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1964: Harris, Tomás. Goya: engravings and lithographs. 2 vols. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 52.

2021: Hoisington, Rena.Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 215.