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"Comico Descubrimiento": 2066

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

"Comico Descubrimiento"
Translated as: Comic Discovery

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

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Notes

History note: Javier Goya y Bayeu; Mariano Goya y Goicoechea; Valentin Carderera and/or Federico de Madrazo; John Georg Peoli (Lugt 2020), his sale, New York, American Art Association, 8 May 1894, part of lot 304a; Charles Ricketts, R.A. and Charles Haslewood Shannon, R.A.

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 192 mm
Width: 149 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1810s
1820s
1819 CE - 1828 CE

School or Style

Spanish

Materials used in production

Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( grey/white)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Black chalk or lightographic crayon on grey/white paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Comico descubrimiento (by the artist)
  • Location: Lower left
  • Text: 51(by the artist)
  • Location: Top right corner

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2066
Primary reference Number: 5998
Lugt: 2020

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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