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Young Woman (possibly a Sex Worker) with a Man (recto); Young Woman Wringing Her Hands over a Man's Naked Body (verso)
1796–97
(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Image: 18.7 x 12 cm (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 23.5 x 14.5 cm (9 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1995.15
Catalogue raisonné: Gassier & Wilson 413 (recto) and 414 (verso); Gassier B.49 (recto) and B.50 (verso)
Location: 101A Prints & Drawings
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Much of Francisco de Goya's graphic output of drawings and prints was not made public until well after his death.Description
Among the great figures of the pictorial arts in the West, Francisco de Goya is one of the very few whose work as a graphic artist is arguably even more important than his paintings. Alongside a prodigious output of prints, he created eight sketchbooks of drawings over the course of 30 years. This double-sided sheet comes from the so-called Album B, or Madrid Album, which, like all of them, was scattered throughout the world in public and private collections after his death. The drawings reveal Goya’s powers of invention and observation, and his biting satire. On the recto side of the sheet, a vulgar encounter between a prostitute and a pot-bellied lecher reveals the bluntness of the Goya’s social criticism. The verso drawing is less easily pinned down, though it follows traditional iconography for representations of Saint Margaret of Cortona, a nobleman’s mistress who repented and entered a convent after her lover’s dog led her to his murdered corpse.- 1828-1854by inheritance from the artist to his son, Javier Goya y Bayeu (1784-1854), Madrid1854-around 1855-60by inheritance to his son, Mariano Goya y Goicoechea (1806-1874), Madridaround 1855/60sold by Mariano to Valentin Carderera y Solano (1796-1880), Madrid, or to Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1806-1874), Madrid, or his brother-in-law Román Garreta y Huertaaround 1866-75Given or sold by Madrazo to Scipione Vannutelli (1834–1894), Rome1894-1960sby descent to his heirs, the Clementi-Vannutelli family.?-around 1987Dorothy Braude Edinburg (1920-2015), Bostonaround 1987Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz, John Edinburg, and Hope Edinburg, Boston1987their sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1987, lot 1081994with David Carritt Ltd/Artemis Group, London and New York1995the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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