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FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
Si es delinquente que muera presto ('If he is guilty, let him die quickly')
etching
circa 1810-12
on sturdy laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of this rare print
from the edition published by the Calcografia, Madrid, 1859
printing richly and with good contrasts
with a light, uneven plate tone
with wide margins
some pale scattered foxing
otherwise in good condition
Plate 11,7 x 8,6 cm. (458 x 338 in.)
Sheet 25 x 18,9 cm. (10 x 712 in.)
Provenance
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 8 December 1965, lot 32 [?].
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
L. Delteil, Le peintre graveur illustré - Francisco Goya, Paris, 1922, no. 33 (another impression ill.).
T. Harris, Goya - Engravings and Lithographs - Catalogue raisonné, Oxford, 1964, no. 28, III, p. 49 (another impression ill.).
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