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The Drunkards

A work made of etching with engraved inscription on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching with engraved inscription on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1778

Artist:

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
after Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Title

The Drunkards

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

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1778

Medium

Etching with engraved inscription on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Engraved on bottom under design: "Pintura de Don Diego Velazquez con figuras del tamano natural en el Real Palacio de Madrid, que representa un BACO fingido coronando algunos/ borrachos: dibujada y grabada por D. Francisco Goya, Pintor Ano de 1778." Verso, stamped with the collector's mark of Charles Deering (Lugt 516)

Dimensions

Image: 28.6 × 39.5 cm (11 5/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 31.9 × 43.6 cm (12 9/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 45.3 cm (13 11/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.3189

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