Old Man on a Swing

c. 1826/1828

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

The image shows a person sitting on a swing. The individual is smiling, holding onto the swing ropes with their legs stretched out in front of them. They have sparse hair and are wearing dark clothing with a lighter colored shirt visible underneath. Their feet are bare. The background is textured and dark.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, burnished aquatint and/or lavis on heavy laid paper [printed in the Calcografia in 1859 for John Saville Lumley]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.8 × 12.2 cm (7 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.4 × 14.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.89

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 32, State III (posthumous impression)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965, no. 45.

Bibliography

1964

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

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q65223727

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