And So Was His Grandfather, plate 39 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1797/99 · Aquatint on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
And So Was His Grandfather, plate 39 from Los Caprichos is a public-domain illustration by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, dated 1797/99. Aquatint on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“And So Was His Grandfather, plate 39 from Los Caprichos” (1797/99) may be a court portrait or one of the darker printed series, the Caprichos and the Disasters of War. The title tells you which.
About the artist
Francisco Goya (1746–1828) was a Spanish court painter who also made the Caprichos and the Disasters of War. The late pictures and prints are darker and more private than the portraits.
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