Buen Viage (Bon Voyage)

1799

Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and engraving with burnishing on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.8 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 x 21.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 99, State III


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 51.

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. 51.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 221, fig. 10.

Inscriptions

recto: lower center in plate: Buen Viage.; upper right in plate: 64.; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75122146


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