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
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 ...