Until death (Hasta la muerte)

Accession Number
2008/1.152.55

Title
Until death (Hasta la muerte)

Artist(s)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Object Creation Date
1799

Medium & Support
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper

Dimensions
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/8 in x 5 3/16 in (20.64 cm x 13.18 cm);8 1/2 in x 5 15/16 in (21.59 cm x 15.08 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 55
Until death.
(Hasta la muerte.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.55
Commentary: She is quite right to make herself look pretty. It is her seventy-fifth birthday and her little girl friends are coming to see her.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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