Francisco de Goya
Hasta la muerte (Until Death), Plate 55

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)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors
Object number80.44
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Patrons Choice: The Silver Anniversary of The Museum Collectors, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 18, 2004 - January 30, 2005. Millennium Gallery and Public Corridor.

"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
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Catalogue raisonnéCaprichos 55, D. 92, H. 90

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