Caritas (Charity)

c. 1780, probably printed c. 1920-1930

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

The image is an etching of an elderly man's upper body. The man is hunched, with his head slightly turned. He has a long beard, deeply set eyes, gray hair mostly covered by a hood, and is wearing a robe. He is holding a staff or cane. In the background, there is a textured, cross-hatched pattern. The word "CARI" is inscribed in the upper left corner of the etching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on thin laid paper [second edition impression probably printed circa 1920-1930]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.1 x 9.5 cm (5 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 27 x 19.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.57.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 3, State III(2) (posthumous impression)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Harris (sign. stamp), Thomas Harris(TH circled)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

Bibliography

1964

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

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: CARI; lower left in plate: Goya f.t; lower left in graphite: San Francesco de Paula; lower left verso in graphite: 2 estado

Wikidata ID

Q74044155

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