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Poor Little Girls

Poor Little Girls, ca. 1799

  • Francisco Goya, Spanish, 1746-1828

Etching and burnished aquatint printed in brown ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 8 5/8 × 6 inches (21.9 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 12 × 7 3/4 inches (30.5 × 19.7 cm)

Bequest of Hal H. Smith

45.256

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Inscribed, on plate, below image, lower center: Pobrecitas! Inscribed, upper right: 22. Inscribed, in pencil, within plate mark, verso: FC.

Hal H. Smith

1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Francisco Goya, Poor Little Girls, ca. 1799, etching and burnished aquatint printed in brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.256.

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