Old Man on a Swing
c. 1826/1828
Medium
etching, burnished aquatint and/or lavis on heavy laid paper [printed in the Calcografia in 1859 for John Saville Lumley]
Dimensions
plate: 18.8 × 12.2 cm (7 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.) sheet: 21.4 × 14.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.17.89
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 ...