Francisco Goya - Extrana Devocion or Strange Piety

Extrana Devocion (Strange Piety)

Francisco Goya's "Extrana Devocion" (Strange Piety) hails from his series of etchings, entitled, 'The Disasters of War' (1810-1820). In this series, we are confronted with the ultimate horror, and no imagery in the history of art has chronicled the devastation of war and violence as powerfully as 'The Disasters'.

Extrana Devocion " (Strange Piety) is an original etching and aquatint engraved by Francisco Goya. This impression is printed upon fine hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published for the fourth edition around 1875.

Extrana Devocion (Strange Piety)

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Goya, Francisco (Fuentodos, 1746 - Bordeaux, 1828)
#	Image	Title & Artist	English Title	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Chiton by Francisco Goya	Hush	Original Etching and Aquatint	1799	Catalogue # 63: Los Caprichos (II - Trial Proof with corrections printed before the published First Edition of 300 impressions.)	Sold
02.-		El Buitre Carnivoro by Francisco Goya	The Carnivorous Vulture	Original Etching	c. 1815 - 1820	Catalogue #186: The Disasters of War (First Published Edition, 1863)	Sold
03.-		Extrana Devocion by Francisco Goya	Strange Piety	Original Etching & Aquatint	1815 - 1820	Catalogue # 186: The Disasters of War (Fourth Published Edition, 1875)	Sold
04.-		Quien Lo Creyera! by Francisco Goya	Who Would Have Thought It!	Original Etching & Aquatint	1799	Catalogue # 97: Los Caprichos (First Edition published in 1799.)	Sold
05.-		Ya es Hora by Francisco Goya	It Is Time	Original Etching & Aquatint	1799	Catalogue # 115: Los Caprichos (Fourth edition published by the Real Academia in Madrid in 1878.)	Sold

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Title:	Extrana Devocion (Strange Piety)
Artist:	Goya, Francisco (Fuentodos, 1746 - Bordeaux, 1828)
Date:	1815 - 1820 (Fourth Edition)
Medium:	Original Etching & Aquatint
Note:	Francisco Goya: A strong case can be made that the prints and paintings of Francisco Goya constitute the single greatest influence upon the course of nineteenth and twentieth century art. There is no doubt that he was a truly masterful painter; yet his enormous influence was and is found in his original etchings, aquatints and lithographs. Along with Durer, Rembrandt and Whistler, Francisco Goya belongs to the select group of the world's greatest printmaking artists of all time.
	Francisco Goya's original prints were largely ignored or suppressed during his lifetime. Many, including the complete Disasters of War set, were not published until well after his death. As a large number of his etchings were (at least on one level) direct attacks upon the political and religious powers of the day, they were simply too dangerous for public examination. Yet what great artists who followed Francisco Goya were not affected by his graphic art? Such masters as Delacroix, Manet, Redon, Picasso, Ernst and the entire schools of Expressionism and Symbolism paid direct homage to his genius.
	Francisco Goya's first great set of prints, Los Caprichos, appeared in 1799. This remarkable collection of eighty-four etchings with aquatint was largely satirical in nature and included numerous attacks upon the clergy, the nobility and upon a host of cultural follies and vices. But unlike many satirists, Francisco Goya was rarely didactic or one dimensional. His monumental understanding of human nature and the ultimate unreason of man's existence pushed his imagery to multiple layers of intellectual and emotional meaning, even in the earlier etchings.
	The Napoleonic invasion of Spain (1808-1812) led to Francisco Goya's next great series of etchings, The Disasters of War (1810-1820). Here we are confronted with the ultimate horror, and no imagery in the history of art has chronicled the devastation of war and violence as powerfully as The Disasters.
	Francisco Goya originally planned to produce approximately sixty-five plates for this set. However, he continued to create an additional eighteen plates after the defeat of Napoleon and the re-instatement of the monarchy of Fernando VII. These latter etchings were included with the initial series to bring the final count to eighty-two.
	Harris relates that for each of the Disasters etchings only one to three contemporary proofs were pulled. The first edition was published in 1863. Six editions followed throughout the remainder of the nineteenth century. Each edition consisted of either one or two hundred impressions. Harris also remarks that after the first edition, impressions from the fourth edition are of the best quality.
Raisonne:	Tomas Harris, Goya; Engravings and Lithographs, Oxford, Bruno Cassirer, 1964, 2 vols.
	Catalogue # 186, Fourth Edition.
Source:	The Disasters of War (Fourth Published Edition, 1875)
Size:	6 5/8 X 8 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon fine hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published for the fourth edition of 'The Disasters of War' around 1875. It is a beautiful, fully aquatinted impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original etching represents a superb example of the artistic genius of Francesco Goya.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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