About the Artwork
A False Bacchus Crowning Some Drunkards
ca. 1778
Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez (Artist) Spanish, 1599-1660 Francisco Goya (Artist) Spanish, 1746-1828
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 12 5/8 × 17 1/8 inches (32.1 × 43.5 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 20 7/8 inches (42.2 × 53 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S556
Public Domain
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Inscribed, in plate, below image: Pintura de Don Diego Velazquez con figuras del tamano natural en el Real Palacio de Madrid, que representa un BACO fingido coronado algunos borrachos: dibujada y grabada por D. Francisco Goya, Pintor Ano de 1778. Inscribed, in ink, verso: H Z y CGR
Stamp, in brown, verso: J. PEOLI (Lugt 2020)
Provenance
May 1894, J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA).Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Francisco Goya; after Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez, A False Bacchus Crowning Some Drunkards, ca. 1778, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S556.
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