Los Chinchillas - SOLD

Los Chinchillasis an exclusive and rare original first edition artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya in 1799.

This etching and aquatint on paper is part of the rare First Edition of "Los Caprichos" published in 1799 by the Calcografia Nacional for the Real Academia of Madrid. The edition included 80 original plates.

Plate n. 50 numbered on the upper right corner. Titled on the lower central margin " Los Chinchillas " (The Chinchilla). Good conditions.

Dimensions of the plate: 3.5 x 3.5 cm. Full margins.

This etching shows a figure with donkey ears and covered face that is spoon-feeding two men with bolts instead of ears. The figures gulp down passively what the donkey-ears figure is giving them. 

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