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Tantalo (Tantalus)
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Tantalo (Tantalus)

1799

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Tantalo (Tantalus)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Tantalo (Tantalus)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Tantalo (Tantalus)

1799

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 300 × 214 mm. (11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.) Plate: 207 × 150 mm. (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 9 from the series "Los Caprichos"
Credit Line Gift of David and Harriet Schapiro, Baltimore
Object Number 2002.326
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; David S. Schapiro, Baltimore; purchased in 1987 from William H. Schab Gallery, Inc., New York.
'Genius and Melancholy: The Romantic Self-Image', J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 21- Oct. 18, 1987.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: LWRC: 'Tantalo'; VERSO: [record when unframed]

Markings: none - none

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTRAIT OF A MAN HOLDING A SWORD
Frédéric Laguillermie and Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Portrait of a Man Holding a Sword
n.d.
ECCO MISCIO TANTALO (TANTALUS TALKING TO DIANA)
Giulio Bonasone
Ecco Miscio Tantalo (Tantalus Talking to Diana)
n.d.
THE CUSTODY IS AS BARBAROUS AS THE CRIME
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
The Custody is as Barbarous as the Crime
c. 1820, printed later
MAY GOD REPAY YOU
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
May God repay you
c. 1804, printed later
THE SCARE-CROWS
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
The Scare-Crows
1815-1823
Una Reina del Circo
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Una Reina del Circo
1815-1824, printed before 1877
THE ELEPHANT - OTRAS LEYES POR EL PUEBLO
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
The Elephant - Otras Leyes por el Pueblo
1814-1825, printed before 1877
Raining Bulls
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Raining Bulls
1815-1824, printed later
WHO WILL BELL THE CAT?
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Who will bell the cat?
1815-1824, printed 1877
THE CUSTODY IS AS BARBAROUS AS THE CRIME
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Delâtre, and others
The Custody is as Barbarous as the Crime
1810-1814
THE CUSTODY IS AS BARBAROUS AS THE CRIME
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Delâtre, and others
The Custody is as Barbarous as the Crime
1810-1814, printed 1867
Self-Portrait
Félix Augustin Milius and Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Self-Portrait
n.d.