About This Artwork

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

Heavier than a dead donkey, plate one from Los Proverbios, c. 1815/24

Etching and aquatint printed in sepia ink on ivory wove paper
215 x 324 mm (image); 245 x 355 mm (plate); 353 x 487 mm (sheet)
The Charles Deering Collection, 1927.3304

Harris 248 II.2/III; Delteil 202 II/III; Gassier and Wilson IV.1571; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 1