Portrait of Francisco Goya, from "The Portfolio"
Based on a portrait by López from 1826, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid (P.864), this etching accompanied a three-part article on Goya in the art periodical "The Portfolio," in 1879. The publication and its editor, Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834–1894), actively promoted printmaking, especially etching, and commissioned this full-page plate from Lucas expressly for the issue. The article by Hamerton was not sympathetic to the visionary Spanish painter decrying that he was a "monster of immorality, impudence, and ingratitude". Goya's reputation in Britain in the nineteenth century lagged behind that in Continental Europe.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Francisco Goya, from "The Portfolio"
- Series/Portfolio: The Portfolio, vol. 10, edited by P. G. Hamerton
- Artist: Louis Lucas (French, active 1878–88)
- Artist: After Vicente López y Portaña (Spanish, Valencia 1772–1850 Madrid)
- Sitter: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
- Date: June 1879
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (22 × 17 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.756-220
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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