Dibersion de España (Spanish Entertainment)
Francisco Goya
1825
Medium
lithograph on wove paper [edition impression printed by Gaulon in Bordeaux in 1825]
Dimensions
sheet: 35.9 x 48.6 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of W.G. Russell Allen
Accession Number
1941.1.167
About the Artist
Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya, born on March 30, 1746, in the small Aragonese village of Fuendetodos, Spain, to a gilder father and a mother from a family claiming minor nobility, displayed artistic promise early. At age 14, he apprenticed under painter José Luzán y Martínez in Zaragoza, honing his skills by copying prints before working independently. After unsuccessful attempts to enter Madrid's Real Academia ...