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233 FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA
Margarita de Austria
.
Etching printed in black on cream laid
paper, 1778. 375x313 mm; 14
3
/
4
x12
3
/
8
inches,
wide margins. First edition, before the bevel
of the plate and before the second edition
(also before the bevel) which was printed in
a “pale, grayish sepia ink,” according to
Harris. A superb impression of this scarce,
early etching with strong contrasts.
After a painting by Velázquez. According to
Harris, the first edition of this print, pulled at
the Calcografía,Madrid, in 1778-79, appears
“to have been small.” Delteil 7; Harris 6.
[2,000/3,000]
234 FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA
Felipe III
.
Etching printed in black on cream wove
paper, 1778-79. 370x310 mm; 14
1
/
2
x12
1
/
4
inches, wide margins. Fourth edition. A
very good, evenly-printed impression with
strong contrasts.
According to Harris, the fourth edition
“appears to have been extremely small.”
Felipe III (1578-1621) ruled Spain at the
height of its empire. He married his cousin,
Margarita de Austria (see preceeding lot), in
1599. Goya based this portrait, as well as that
of Margarita, on paintings byVelázquez now
in the Prado, Madrid. Delteil 6; Harris 5.
[1,200/1,800]
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