Date 1799
Technique Aquatint, Engraving, Etching
Price $3,000.00
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Love and Death (El Amor y la Muerte), 1799, etching, burnished aquatiint and burin. Reference: Harris 45, First Edition, plate 10 from the Caprichos. Printed on fine quality strong laid paper. In good condition, the full sheet, 8 5/8 x 6 1/8, the sheet 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.

A very good impression of this iconic image, from the First Edition, before the aquatint breaks up in various areas in the later editions.

Goya’s commentary: “See here a Calderonian lover who, unable to laugh at his rival, dies in the arms of his beloved and loses her by his daring. It is inadvisable to draw the sword too often.”

A preparatory drawing in sanguine wash, and a drawing in red crayon, are in the Prado.