FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828), Love and death (El amor y la muerte) Plate 10 from: Los Caprichos

FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Love and death (El amor y la muerte)
Plate 10 from: Los Caprichos
etching with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on laid paper, a very good impression from the First Edition, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, the contrast between the two tones of coarse grain aquatint particularly effective in the background, framed
Plate: 8¹⁄₂ x 6 in. (216 x 152 mm.)
Sheet: 11³⁄₄ x 8 in. (298 x 203 mm.)

Presumably Manuel Fernández Durán y Pando, Marqués de Perales del Río (1818-1886), Madrid.
Don Pedro Fernández-Durán (1846-1930), Madrid; with his stamp (Lugt 747b); presumably by descent from the above.
Don Tomas de la Maza y Saavedra (1896-1975); gift from the above.
With Herman Shickman Fine Arts, New York.
With Stuart Denenberg, Los Angeles.
Private American Collection; acquired from the above.

Delteil 47; Harris 45

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‘The etchings of Goya’s Caprichos culminate a decade in which social issues such as women’s rights, prostitution, and the indolence of certain nobles were addressed in both the periodical press and the theater. They offer a critique of social crimes against the ideal order as conceived by enlightened reformers, in which social responsibility and reason governed behavior, and love governed the relations of couples. Love and Death, for example, reflects condemnation of the senseless loss of life that resulted from dueling, a tradition identified with an outmoded sense of honor.’

Stepanek, S.L., Tomlinson, J., Wilson-Bareau, J., Mena Marqués, M.B., et al, Goya: Order & Disorder, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2014, p. 136.