No Hay Quien Los Socorra (Nobody Can Help Them)
1810/1820, printed later
Medium
etching and aquatint with burin and burnishing on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.4 x 21.8 cm (6 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 23.5 x 23.2 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John E. Stocker
Accession Number
2006.125.6
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Francisco Goya · 1746–1828
Francisco Goya, born on March 30, 1746, in the small Aragonese village of Fuendetodos, Spain, to a gilder father and a mother from a family claiming minor nobility, displayed artistic promise early. At age 14, he apprenticed under painter José Luzán y Martínez in Zaragoza, honing his skills by copying prints before working independently. After unsuccessful attempts to enter Madrid's Real Academia ...