Fiero monstruo! (Fierce Monster!)
1810/1820
Medium
etching, drypoint and burin on Arches laid paper [trial proof printed posthumously in the Calcografia in 1957-58]
Dimensions
plate: 17.5 × 21.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 28 × 38 cm (11 × 14 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.1049
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Francisco Goya · 1746–1828
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 ...