Accession Number
2008/1.152.10

Title
Love and death (El amor y la muerte)

Artist(s)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Object Creation Date
1799

Medium & Support
etching, burnished aquatint and burin on paper

Dimensions
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 in x 5 1/4 in (20.32 cm x 13.34 cm);8 1/2 in x 6 in (21.59 cm x 15.24 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Label copy
Plate 10
Love and death.
(El amor y la muerte.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, and burin
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.10
Commentary: See here a Claderonian 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.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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