Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas)
Francisco Goya · in or before 1816 · etching, burnished aquatint and burin [first edition impression]
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About this picture
Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas) is a public-domain illustration by Francisco Goya, dated in or before 1816. Etching, burnished aquatint and burin [first edition impression]. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas)” (in or before 1816) 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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