Tantalo
1797 - 1799. Etching, Burnished aquatint, Indian ink on laid paper.Not on display
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03-06-2026
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
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Fuendetodos, Zaragoza (Spain), 1746 - Bordeaux (France), 1828
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Not on display
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- Inventory number
- G005599
- Author
- Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
- Title
- Tantalo
- Date
- 1797 - 1799
- Technique
- Etching; Burnished aquatint; Indian ink
- Support
- Laid paper
- Dimension
- Height: 207 mm; Width: 152 mm
- Series
- Caprichos [estampa], 9
- Entry date
- 2009
Bibliography +
Hofer, P., Some undescribed states of Goya’s Caprichos, Gazette des Beaux Arts, XXVIII, 943, 1945, pp. 179.
Harris, T., Goya, engravings and lithographs, II, Bruno Cassirer, Oxford, 1964, pp. 79, n. 44.
Wilson-Bareau, J., Goya: la década de los Caprichos. Dibujos y aguafuertes, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1992, pp. 26-28.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Memoria de actividades 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2009, pp. 58-60.
Matilla, J.M. Mena M.B., Goya: dibujos. Solo la voluntad me sobra, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2019, pp. 139 nº68.
Jacobs, H.C.; Klingenberger, M, Preyer, N, Los comentarios manuscritos sobre los Caprichos de Goya: edición, traducción , interpretación - III, Institución Fernando el Católico, Zaragoza, 2019.
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Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2796.
Inscriptions +
En el verso, ángulo inferior derecho, a lápiz compuesto: “pts 15”.
Back, lower right corner
En el recto, margen superior, a lápiz compuesto: “5”.
Front, upper area
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