No hay quien nos desate? (Can't Anyone Untie Us?)

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: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 x 18.9 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 110, State III

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Loys Delteil (1869-1927), Paris (Lugt 773). 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. 52.

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. 52.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 215.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: ?No hay quien nos desate?; upper right in plate: 75.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: K. 7328 MK(?) J.3828; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (not deciphered); by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: D7MSS44

Markings

recto: none; verso: Loys Henri Delteil (Lugt 773)

Wikidata ID

Q75119106

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