Un enano (A Dwarf)

1778

Francisco Goya after Diego Velázquez

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

Diego Velázquez

Artist After, Spanish, 1599 - 1660

The image shows a portrait of a person from head to knees. The person is seated with their legs crossed and hands resting on their lap. They have strong facial features including a broad forehead, deep-set eyes, a mustache, and a small beard. Their dark hair is styled combed back. The person wears a long, patterned robe with wide sleeves and a decorative collar. They are sitting against a textured background and the image is framed with an inscription relating to the artist Diego Velázquez.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [working proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.7 × 14.8 cm (8 1/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.7 × 20 cm (10 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.5.474

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 15, State I(2) (working proof)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Diego Velazquez; in plate, below image, at right: FG; below image, across bottom, in pen and black ink: PINTVRA D.D. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ / Que Representa a un ENANO, y esta en el Palazio R.l de Madrid / grabada p.r D. Fran.co Goya Pintor ci 1778; verso: at bottom left, in graphite: L 244 I Dp; at bottom right, in graphitee: no. 2089

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65072285

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