Fiero monstruo! (Fierce Monster!)

1810/1820

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This is a drawing of a large animal devouring a smaller one. The image shows a realistic and anatomical portrayal of a larger animal with detailed fur texture and muscular definition consuming a smaller animal. The drawing is executed in a monochromatic palette, emphasizing the dark and foreboding nature of the scene. The detail in the fur and the pose captures a sense of motion and raw power, while the textured backdrop contrasts with the vivid lines of the animal figures. The etching also carries the number '81' in the upper left corner and is marked '96/110' in the lower right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin on Arches laid paper [trial proof printed posthumously in the Calcografia in 1957-58]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.5 × 21.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 38 cm (11 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1049

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 201, State II(2) (trial proof/posthumous)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

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

Inscriptions

in plate, at upper left: 81; below plate at right in graphite in later hand: 96/110

Markings

blindstamp of the Calcografia Nacional

Watermarks

Arches

Wikidata ID

Q65508422

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