Old Man on a Swing
Francisco Goya · c. 1826/1828 · etching, burnished aquatint and/or lavis on heavy laid paper [printed in the Calcografia in 1859 for John Saville Lumley]
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About this picture
Old Man on a Swing is a public-domain illustration by Francisco Goya, dated c. 1826/1828. Etching, burnished aquatint and/or lavis on heavy laid paper [printed in the Calcografia in 1859 for John Saville Lumley]. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Old Man on a Swing” (c. 1826/1828) 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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