Self-Portrait; Plate 1 from "Los Caprichos"
Medium
Etching, aquatint, drypoint, burin
Dimensions
Plate: 8 9/16 × 5 7/8 in. (21.7 × 15 cm) Sheet: 12 5/16 × 8 3/16 in. (31.2 × 20.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
Accession Number
50.558.33
Tags
About this artwork
This etching, aquatint, drypoint, burin work by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)|Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), titled 'Self-Portrait; Plate 1 from "Los Caprichos"' and created 1799, represents an important example of artistic production from this period. Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)|Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)'s practice contributed to the broader artistic traditions of the time, demonstrating the technical skills and aesthetic sensibilities characteristic of Drawing...
About the Artist
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)|Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 1746–1828
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker considered the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Rising from modest provincial origins to become First Court Painter to Charles IV, Goya's career spanned the Enlightenment's optimism and the brutal Napoleonic invasion that shattered it. A mysterious illness in 1793 left him permanently deaf and ...