FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES STUNNING CAPRICHOS ETCHING NO RESERVE RRP £450 #57

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WELCOME TO THE ROCKINGHAM GALLERY SALE SITE HERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUTSTANDING PRINTS AT UNBELIEVABLE PRICES FROM SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN THE WORLD BID WITH THE REASSURANCE THAT YOU ARE BUYING A GENUINE PRINT FROM A WORKING GALLERY WE ARE OVERSTOCKED SO TREAT YOURSELF TO AN INCREDIBLE BARGAIN! You can pay us using Paypal, Credit Card, Cash or cheque, whichever you prefer. Have it delivered to your door or collect from the gallery. ADD THIS AMAZING PRINT TO YOUR COLLECTION The series of etchings is considered one of the greatest of all time Francisco Goya y Lucientes Etching with Aquatint Family Background - Plate 57 From the famous Los Caprichos series A restrike of high quality by the well known French publisher Jean de Bonnot of the 1799 etching Printed on "Lana Pur Fil" paper. With the publisher's statement on the verso guaranteeing that the restrikes are from Goya's plate, not reproductions. Please see the image below A good strong impression. The strong pressing of the plate into the paper is clearly visible. Plate size 230 x 150 mms Paper size 456 x 313 mms Supplied with a copy of the Justification Page in French shown below Reference: Harris 91 and Delteil 93 Goya comments, "Here is a question of fooling the fiancé by letting him see, through her pedigree, who were the parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great great-grandparents of the young lady. And who is she? He will find that out later." In Caprichos 6, a man and a woman both in masks peer at each other, but have no interest in finding out who they are looking at since they are more concerned with keeping up their own deceptive appearances. In Caprichos 7, a man peers through a monocle at an unmasked woman, but fails to "know what she is" because he lacks "judgment and experience of the world." Here the situation is different: "the gentleman would like very much to know what kind of woman his potential bride is, but her deception and his willingness to rise in status by marrying well will make him fail in happiness if he proceeds with this marriage." Los Caprichos In 1799 Goya published a series of 80 prints titled Caprichos depicting what he described as "the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society, and from the common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance, or self-interest have made usual". The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived. The criticisms are far-ranging and acidic; he speaks against the predominance of superstition, the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical short-comings, marital mistakes, and the decline of rationality. Some of the prints have anticlerical themes. Los Caprichos were withdrawn from public sale very shortly after their release in 1799. In 1803 Goya offered the Caprichos' copper plates and the first edition's unsold sets to King Carlos IV. Later in life Goya wrote that he had felt it prudent to withdraw the prints from circulation due to the Inquisition. OUR USUAL GALLERY PRICE FOR THIS PRINT IS £450!! Take a look at our website for further details. eBay rules do not allow us to provide a weblink but google Rockingham Gallery to find us. This print will be professionally packaged and either dispatched flatpack or rolled in a sturdy tube. read more

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