Los Proverbios
Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
Madrid. Publicala la Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando. 1864
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First edition - one of 300 copies - of Goya's esoteric series of engravings.
A good set of the first edition printed in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano for the Real Academia in 1864 on heavy wove paper.
Although none of the plates in the Proverbios have titles, it seems logical to suppose that Goya intended to title them as he had with the Caprichos and other sets of his engravings. Indeed as Harris states:'Research into the proverbs of his time has in fact revealed sayings which seem appropriate as titles for many of the Proverbios compositions, though it should be borne in mind that Goya very probably twisted the sayings by giving them some particular social, religious or political significance, which might well make them difficult to recognise'.
The eighteen plates were not published during Goya's lifetime, having been stored by his son after the artist's death. The date of composition is debated but is generally accepted to be concurrent to, and after the completion of, the Tauromaquia series. Trial proofs were made by Roman Sarreta in 1854, although the images were exceptionally poor. The set presented here is from the first edition by Laurenciano Potenciano who had printed previously Goya's 'Desastres de la Guerra' in 1863.
'This edition is very well printed; the impressions are richly inked and tone is usually left on the highlights.' (Harris).
[Harris 1, 248 - 265].
A good set of the first edition printed in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano for the Real Academia in 1864 on heavy wove paper.
Although none of the plates in the Proverbios have titles, it seems logical to suppose that Goya intended to title them as he had with the Caprichos and other sets of his engravings. Indeed as Harris states:'Research into the proverbs of his time has in fact revealed sayings which seem appropriate as titles for many of the Proverbios compositions, though it should be borne in mind that Goya very probably twisted the sayings by giving them some particular social, religious or political significance, which might well make them difficult to recognise'.
The eighteen plates were not published during Goya's lifetime, having been stored by his son after the artist's death. The date of composition is debated but is generally accepted to be concurrent to, and after the completion of, the Tauromaquia series. Trial proofs were made by Roman Sarreta in 1854, although the images were exceptionally poor. The set presented here is from the first edition by Laurenciano Potenciano who had printed previously Goya's 'Desastres de la Guerra' in 1863.
'This edition is very well printed; the impressions are richly inked and tone is usually left on the highlights.' (Harris).
[Harris 1, 248 - 265].
Oblong folio. (335 x 500 mm). Lithograph title by J. Aragon and the complete set of 18 unnumbered etchings with aquatint on thick wove paper with the watermark 'J. G. O.' and a palmette device. (Partial palmette watermark visible on sheets 1, 3, 11, 17 and 18, full 'J. G. O.' visible on plate 11; sheet size: 326 x 485 mm). Nineteenth century straight-grained morocco-backed marbled boards, title gilt to spine: 'DON FRANCISCO GOYA - LOS PROVERBIOS / 1864', marbled endpapers, t.e.g.
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