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Der Riese

by 1818 (possibly 1814–18)
Not on view
Dieser seltene Druck einer unheimlichen riesigen Kreatur, die am Rande der Erde sitzt, ist eines von Goyas verstörendsten und ergreifendsten Bildern. Das verlorene Monstrum, das über seine Schulter in den Nachthimmel blickt, der nur von Mondlicht erhellt wird, ruft sowohl Mitleid als auch Grauen hervor. In einer Arbeitsweise, die der eines Mezzotintostichs ähnelt, schabte Goya Glanzpunkte in vorher mit körniger Tinte aufgerautes Metall. Das Ergebnis ist ein unheilvoll dunkles Bild, das mit den sogenannten Schwarzen Bildern verwandt ist, die der alternde Künstler auf die Wände seines Hauses nahe Madrid malte.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titel: Der Riese
  • Künstler: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), Spanier, 1746–1828
  • Datum: 1818
  • Medium: Aquatinta, erster Zustand von zwei
  • Dimensionen: 28,5 x 21 cm
  • Anerkennung: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
  • Akzession Nr.: 35.42
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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