No Hay Quien Los Socorra (Nobody Can Help Them)
1810/1820, printed later
Medium
etching and aquatint with burin and burnishing on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.4 x 21.8 cm (6 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 23.5 x 23.2 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John E. Stocker
Accession Number
2006.125.6
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 ...