Pretty Teachings (Bellos consejos)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828). Pretty Teachings (Bellos consejos), 1797–1798. Etching, aquatint, and burin on laid paper, Sheet: 11 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (30.3 x 20.2 cm) Other (Plate): 8 9/16 x 6 1/16 in. (21.7 x 15.4 cm) Image: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. (18.1 x 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, Frank L. Babbott Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 37.33.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Pretty Teachings (Bellos consejos)

Date

1797–1798

Geography

Place made: Spain

Medium

Etching, aquatint, and burin on laid paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 11 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (30.3 x 20.2 cm) Other (Plate): 8 9/16 x 6 1/16 in. (21.7 x 15.4 cm) Image: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. (18.1 x 12.4 cm)

Inscriptions

Upper right in plate: "15."; lower center in plate: "Bellos consejos." Verso upper left in graphite: "37.33-15"

Markings

Verso stamped upper left: "BROOKLYN MUSEUM/BROOKLYN, N.Y." in rectangle (Lugt 307b)

Credit Line

A. Augustus Healy Fund, Frank L. Babbott Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund

Accession Number

37.33.15

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