Fiero monstruo! (Fierce Monster!)

1810/1820

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This is a drawing of a large dog-like creature lying on the ground with something in its mouth. The drawing features a detailed depiction of a beast that appears to be eating or biting down on a figure. The texture of the beast's fur is rendered with dense, dark lines, giving a sense of volume and mass. The image has a strong contrast between dark and light areas, emphasizing the creature's form against a relatively plain background. The etching conveys a sense of tension, with the beast's posture suggesting both power and menace.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin on laid paper [trial proof printed posthumously Calcografia in or after 1870]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.5 × 21.7 cm (6 7/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 21 × 29 cm (8 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.38

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 201, State II(1) (trial proof/posthumous)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965, no. 44.

1967

  • When Reason Dreams: A Selection of Prints from Five Centuries Illustrating Artistic Concerns with the Imagination, the Fantastic and the Grotesque, University of South Florida, Tampa; Duke University, Durham, NC; University of Florida, Gainesville; and Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1967, no. 47, repro.

Bibliography

1964

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

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q65223731

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