Si quebro el cantaro (Yes He Broke the Pot)

1799

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This is a drawing of a broken jug, with shards scattered on the ground. A figure appears frustrated, grasping another. In the background, laundry hangs on lines. The scene is depicted in monochrome with emphasis on facial expressions and body language.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.7 × 15.1 cm (8 1/8 × 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.3 × 19.4 cm (11 15/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4719

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 60, State III(1)

  • Series Title

    Los Caprichos (plate 25)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Mother and Child, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, 1967, no. 65.

Bibliography

1964

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at upper left: 25.; in plate, below image at center: Si quebró el Cantaro.; verso: at lower right in graphite in later hand: FA; at bottom left in graphite in later hand: A95017

Markings

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) and National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64956715

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