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 on ivory wove paper
213 x 320 mm (image); 243 x 353 mm (plate); 332 x 497 mm (sheet)
The Charles Deering Collection, 1927.3310

Harris 248 III/III (1st edition); Delteil 202; Gassier and Wilson IV.1571; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 1