Name: FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828) AFTER DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ (1599-1660)
Brand: Eight Etchings after Velázquez
Price: 4000.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828) AFTER DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ (1599-1660)
Eight Etchings after Velázquez
including:
Felipe III, Margarita de Austria, Felipe IV, Isabel de Borbon, Baltasar Carlos, Moenippus (Menipo Filosofo), Un Enano (Sebastian de Morra), and Un Enano (El Primo)
1778-79
on thick laid papers, without watermarks
very good impressions, presumably all from the small First Edition, published in 1778-79
one plate the full sheet with deckle edges, the others with wide margins,
some sheets with foxing and staining and other minor defects
generally in good condition
Plates 37 x 31,2 cm. (14¹⁄₂ x 12¹⁄₄ in.) (and similar)
Sheets 64 x 44,3 cm. (25¹⁄₄ x 17¹⁄₂ in.) (and smaller)

Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Bt. (1818-1878), Keir House, Dunblane, Scotland (not in Lugt); then by descent in the family to Colonel William Stirling (1907-1973); Christie's, London, 7 December 1977, lots 162-164 & 166 (H. 5- 7, 9).
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 7-8 June 1978, lot 357 (H. 8).
Sotheby's, London, 1 November 1978, lots 47-49 (H. 14-16).
Acquired at the above sales; then by descent to the present owners.

L. Delteil, Le peintre graveur illustré - Francisco Goya, Paris, 1922, nos. 6-10, 17-19 (other impressions ill.).
T. Harris, Goya - Engravings and Lithographs - Catalogue raisonné, Oxford, 1964, nos. 5-9, 14-16, pp. 10-19, 28-33 (other impressions ill.).

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In addition to the catalogue description:
- all sheet with some handling creases, printer's creases and horizontal drying crease, mainly visible in raking light, some pale staining and surface dirt in the margins, hinged at the upper sheet edges.
Felipe III
- Plate 375 x 306 mm., Sheet 500 x 386 mm.
- with wide margins, some creases in the subject and soft cockling, mainly visible in raking light.
- with a few thin spots at the left and right sheet edges.
- remains of old adhesive along the sheet edges verso, inscribed in pencil verso.
Margarita of Austria,
- Plate 370 x 310 mm., Sheet 490 x 383 mm.
- a few thin spots at the left and right sheet edges.
- small remains of old adhesive at the left sheet edge verso.
- some faint pencil inscriptions in the margins, and inscribed in pencil verso.
Felipe IV
- Plate 370 x 313 mm., Sheet 493 x 388 mm.
- a vertical central crease.
- two repaired tears, one at center right, from the platemark to the sheet edge, and one in the upper margin at centre.
- some small thin spots at the sheet edges.
- some faint pencil inscriptions in the margins, and inscribed in pencil verso.
Isabel de Borbon, Plate 370 x 312 mm., Sheet 640 x 443 mm.
- the full sheet with deckle edges.
- some pale staining, foxing and surface dirt in the margins.
- soft cockling in the plate.
- inscribed 4o in brown ink in the upper left sheet corner and 9-II in pencil in the upper right sheet corner.
- minor green stray ink in the lower margin.
Baltasar Carlos,
- Plate 350 x 220 mm., Sheet 442 x 315 mm.
- a soft central horizontal crease.
- a couple of thin spots in the margins, one with an associated short nick at the lower left sheet edge.
- minor pale foxing in the margins.
- two numbers inscribed in pencil in the lower left sheet margin.
Moenippus
Plate 305 x 223 mm., Sheet 420 x 315 mm.
- some foxing and some pale brown-yellowish stains in the subject and margins in places.
- some surface dirt and dust.
- time staining at the sheet edges.
- a short tear in the right margin at centre.
- two small stitching holes in the upper sheet edge at centre.
Un Enano
- Plate 205 x 155 mm., Sheet 422 x 318 mm.
- the sheet cockled.
- staining and foxing in the margins.
- a moisture stain in the lower margin.
- brown time staining at the sheet edges, more prominent in the upper sheet edge.
- a short tear in the right margin at centre.
- two small stitching holes in the upper sheet edge at centre.
El Primo
- Plate 215 x 155 mm., Sheet 416 x 323 mm.
- some pale staining and foxing in the margins.
- a few small rust marks in the margins in places.
- the sheet cockled.
- other smaller defects.
Otherwise as described and in good condition.
Each individually mounted, not framed.

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