Oct 29, 2019 - Sale 2522

Sale 2522 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA
La Desgraciada Muerte de Pepe Illo en la Plaza de Madrid.

Aquatint and etching, 1816. 245x350 mm; 9 3/4x14 inches, full margins. First edition, before the oxidation on the plate which prints as dark spots in later impressions and with the different tones of aquatint distinct. From La Tauromaquia. A superb, richly-inked and early impression with crisp, partially inky plate edges. Delteil 256; Harris 236.