Subir y bajar (To Rise and To Fall)

1799

Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint with burnishing on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/16 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 x 19.1 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 91, State III

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 50.

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1964

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

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 50.

Inscriptions

recto: lower center in plate: Subir y bajar; upper right in plate: 56.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: SFYZ; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75119103

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