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Francisco Goya

Subir y bajar (To Rise and To Fall), 1799

Not on View

series Title

Los Caprichos (plate 56)

Medium

etching and aquatint with burnishing on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Harris 1964, no. 91, State III

Accession Number

1994.60.24

Artists / Makers

Francisco Goya (artist) Spanish, 1746 - 1828

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

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.