Artist
Francisco de GoyaSpanish, 1746–1828
CultureSpanish
Titles
- Hasta la muerte (Until Death), Plate 55
- from the series Los Caprichos (The Caprices)
Datepublished 1799, first edition
PlaceSpain
MediumEtching, aquatint with burnishing, and drypoint on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 8 1/2 × 5 15/16 in. (21.6 × 15.1 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (31.5 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (31.5 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors
Object number80.44
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 July - 23 September, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, right top edge: 55.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, bottom edge: Hasta la muerte.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: MK? 38705
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: LD 92II of 2
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, bottom edge: Hasta la muerte.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: MK? 38705
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: LD 92II of 2
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Catalogue raisonnéCaprichos 55, D. 92, H. 90
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Francisco de Goya
first published 1799
Etching and aquatint
93.175
Francisco de Goya
1799
Etching, aquatint and burnishing on laid paper, from the 1st published edition
2021.86
Francisco de Goya
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.84
Francisco de Goya
c. 1798, published 1799
Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin
BF.1980.13
Jim Hodges
2015
Etching, aquatint, sugar lift, spit bite and drypoint in colors with scraping and burnishing on wove paper and brown Gampi paper; screenprint in white ink on white Gampi paper, and hand-cut Beva film, printer’s proof 1/4
2021.502
