Ricardo de Los Rios & Antoine François Dezarrois’ etchings, “La Maja”, 1902, after Goya

“La Maja” & “La Maja Desnuda” after the paintings, “The Clothed Maja”, 1800–1807, and  “The Naked Maja”, 1795–1800, by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) in the Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid).

Both etchings were published in Paris by Librairie de L'Art Ancien et Moderne as illustrations to Paul Lafond’s (1847–1918) “Goya” in 1902; see https://archive.org/details/goya00lafo/page/20/mode/2up  & https://archive.org/details/goya00lafo/page/24/mode/2up.

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Ricardo de Los Rios (1846–1929)

“La Maja”, 1902, after Goya’s painting, “The Clothed Maja”, 1800–1807, printed by A. Clément (fl.c1887–1892) and published in Paris in 1902 by Librairie de L'Art Ancien et Moderne.

Etching on wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 21.2 x 29.5 cm; (plate) 13.5 x 23 cm; (image borderline) 10.6 x 21 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Goya pinx.”; (centre) “LA MAJA/ (Académie de San Fernando)”; (right) “R. de Los Rios. sc./ Imp. A. Clément_Paris”.

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Antoine François Dezarrois (aka Mâcon Antoine François Dezarrois) (1864–1934/9) (see http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12835/88112)

“La Maja Desnuda”, 1902, after Goya’s painting, “The Clothed Maja”, 1800–1807, printed by Louis Fort (fl. early 1900s) and published in Paris in 1902 by Librairie de L'Art Ancien et Moderne.

Etching and engraving on cream wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 21.2 x 29.3 cm; (plate) 13.1 x 20 cm; (image borderline) 10.4 x 18.1 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Goya. pinx.”/ Revue de l’Art ancien et moderne”; (centre) “LA MAJA DESNUDA/ (Académie de San Fernando)”; (right) “Dezarrius, sc./Imp.L.Fort, Paris.”

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Condition: both prints are strong and well-printed (near faultless) impressions in near pristine condition.

I am selling this pair of etchings after Goya’s famous paintings of the same composition for AU$384 in total for the pair (currently US$272.91/EUR259.21/GBP218.21 at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this curiously wonderful pair of etchings please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This pair of prints have been sold