Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya

François-Philippe Charpentier, Carle Van Loo, Persée et Andromede (Perseus and Andromeda), 1762, etching and aquatint with roulette and burnishing printed in brown-black on laid paper, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2018.91.8

Giovanni De Pian, Francesco Galimberti, The "Well," for Violators of State Law, 1797, etching and aquatint on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2016.168.2

Francisco Goya, Buen Viage (Bon Voyage), published 1799, etching, aquatint, and engraving with burnishing on laid paper, Gift of Ruth B. Benedict, 1994.60.25

Jean Jacques Lagrenée II, Ornamental Frieze, 1784-1785, etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2018.91.40

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Les Pêcheurs (The Fishermen), 1771, etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1990.134.5

Maria Catharina Prestel, Jacopo Ligozzi, The Triumph of Truth Over Envy, 1781, etching and aquatint printed in brown with gold leaf, Rosenwald Collection, 1948.11.282

Paul Sandby, Caernarvon Castle (Night), 1776, etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, Gift of Ruth B. Benedict, 1994.60.58

Richard Cooper II, Richard Cooper II, John Boydell, View of the Remains of Caracalla's Baths, Taken from the Jesuits Gardens at Rome, 1778, etching and aquatint in brown on laid paper, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.87

Louis-Jean Desprez, Tomb with Death Standing, 1779 / 1784, etching with black wash on laid paper (proof), New Century Fund and Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund, 2019.153.1.a

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis Brouwer, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Horticulturist, 1780, published 1787, etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, Gift of Sherwood B. Smith, Jr., 1977.67.16

Francisco Goya, Fuerte cosa es! (That's Tough!), 1810 / 1820, etching, aquatint, and drypoint with burnishing (proof) on laid paper, The Ahmanson Foundation and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2019.16.1

Johann Carl Richter, Pierre-Jacques Volaire, Vesuvausbruch von 1771 (The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1771), 1797, etching and aquatint printed in brown, laid down on a mount with a contemporary printed ornamental border on blue paper and collaged title, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2020.36.3