'The custody is as barbarous as the crime' (Tan bárbara la seguridad como el delito)
On the back of the frame was a label indicating that Loree bought the print at an undetermined date from the Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD. Stock # 107-71.
Artwork Details
- Title: 'The custody is as barbarous as the crime' (Tan bárbara la seguridad como el delito)
- Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
- Publisher: Auguste Delâtre (French, Paris 1822–1907 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1815 (published 1867)
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (16.6 × 12.5 cm)
Plate: 4 1/4 × 3 5/16 in. (10.8 × 8.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of John Loree, 2021
- Object Number: 2021.409
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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