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Asta su abuelo (And So Was His Grandfather)

published 1799

Francisco Goya

Associated Names

Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This print shows an anthropomorphic figure that looks like a donkey sitting upright and wearing the clothes of a human. The donkey sits sideways on a platform, facing the left, with its torso upright and legs balanced on a surface. The donkey has long ears that stand straight up and a snout featuring prominent nostrils and a slight smile. It wears a jacket with a high collar and trousers. The donkey is holding a large open book that rests on the platform in front of it, featuring images of donkeys on each visible page. There appear to be other, indistinct objects around it. The background is gray with a simple speckled pattern.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lift-ground aquatint and aquatint on laid paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

plate: 21.4 × 15 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
page size: 30.8 × 19.4 cm (12 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.4711.mm
Catalogue Raisonné

Harris 1964, no. 74, State III (1st ed.)
Series Title

Los Caprichos (plate 39)

Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya

1799

Francesco Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (Francesco Goya y Lucientes, Painter)

Francisco Goya

1799

Quien mas rendido? (Which of Them Is the More Overcome?)

Francisco Goya

1799

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2001

Goya: Images of Women, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002, no. 83.

2018

Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1964

Harris, Tomás. Goya: engravings and lithographs. 2 vols. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964.

2021

Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 215, fig. 6.

Wikidata ID

Q64956388

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