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KULENOVIC C o l l e c t i o n - Works on Paper |
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Francisco Goya
Spanish (1746 - 1828 )
“Un enano “(A Dwarf) 1778 -79.
“The Dwarf - (Sebastian de Morra)
original etching
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This copy of a painting by
Velazquez - one of Goya's acknowledged masters - depicts Diego de Acedo, who holds a book
on his lap with an inkpot in reach. At court in Renaissance and Baroque Europe, it was
customary for monarchs to “collect” jesters and dwarves for their amusement. The
artist is at pains to depict this gentleman of small stature as literate and cultivated.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 - 16 April 1828) was a
Spanish painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the
first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of
history. The subversive and subjective element in his art, as well as his bold handling of
paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and
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