Esto si que es leer? (That certainly is being able to read)
Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746 - 1828
Daten.d.
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift to The Murray Collection in memory of Terry A. Murray
Object number1995.7.7
On View
On viewCollections
- Works on Paper
InscribedLower center, in the plate, outside the image, the title etched in cursive: "Esto si que es leer?" (That certainly is being able to read?) [Note: odd that theinverted question mark at the end of the sentence is not reflected by an inverted one at the beginning as that is the standard format for stating a question in written Spanish language.] UR, etched in the plate, but outside the image: "29."
DescriptionA man is seated in a chair. Another figure is putting a shoe on the man's foot while. Another figure stands behind the man and has one hand in the man's hair and the other in a fist raised above the man's head.Exhibition History"Drawn from Life and Legend: European Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection," Hoopes Gallery, May 19- Sept. 23, 2007.“Prosperity and Exclusion,” The Hyde Collection, Hoopes and Whitney-Renz Galleries, May 31 – Sept. 21, 2025ProvenanceNew York, NY, Jane S. Murray
1995, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
