Desastres de la Guerra: What is the Use of a Cup? (De Qué Sirve Una Taza?)
1814-20
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
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Details

  • Artist Name: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
  • Title: Desastres de la Guerra: What is the Use of a Cup? (De Qué Sirve Una Taza?)
  • Date: 1814-20
  • Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint, and burin on laid paper
  • Edition: working proof
  • Dimensions: sheet: 8 9/16 x 12 5/8 in. (21.8 x 32.1 cm); plate: 6 x 8 1/16 in. (15.3 x 20.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
  • Accession Number: M.1977.18.1.59.G
  • Copyright: © Norton Simon Art Foundation

Object Information

The artist, gift (?) to;
Pedro Gil Babot, by descent, to;
Pedro Gil Moreno de Mora, probably by descent, to his son;
José Pedro Gil Moreno de Mora, by 1935.
Tomás Harris;
[P. & D. Colnaghi, London, sold 4 August 1977, to];
Norton Simon Art Foundation.
  • Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1453 p. 408
  • Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Goya in the Norton Simon Museum, 2016, cat. 62 pp. 169, 175, 267

Additional Artwork by Artist

Copies after Velázquez: Isabel de Borbón Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 1778-79
Copies after Velázquez: Un infante de España (Infante Don Fernando) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes c. 1778-79
Desastres de la Guerra Francisco de Goya y Lucientes c. 1810-15

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