Francisco Goya

Quien Lo Creyera! "Who Would Have Thought It!"

Francisco Goya's "Quien Lo Creyera!" 'Who Would Have Thought It!' hails from his first series of original etchings, entitled, 'Los Caprichos. This unforgettable depiction of two witches locked in mortal combat, even as they're falling into a Hellish pit complete with terrifying monsters. This pair of witches, however, bears a striking similarity to a man and his wife who have spent their lives locked in dispute and discord until it represents their only existence. Such a destructive bond cannot be relinquished, even in death!

"Quien Lo Creyera!" 'Who Would Have Thought It!' is an original etching and aquatint engraved by Francisco Goya. This impression is printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in the first edition in Madrid in 1799.

Quien Lo Creyera! (Who Would Have Thought It!)

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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:	Quien Lo Creyera! "Who Would Have Thought It!"
Artist:	Goya, Francisco (Fuentodos, 1746 - Bordeaux, 1828)
Date:	1799
Medium:	Original Etching & Aquatint
Note:	Francisco Goya: A strong case could be made that Francisco Goya represents the single greatest influence upon the development of nineteenth and twentieth century art. There is no doubt that he was truly a masterful painter. Yet his greatest influence was and is found in his original etchings, aquatints and lithographs. Along with Rembrandt, Durer and Whistler, Francisco Goya belongs to the select group of the greatest original print-making artists of all time.
	Francisco Goya's original prints were largely ignored during his lifetime. Many (including the complete Disasters of War set) were not published in significant numbers until after his death. As some of the etchings were direct attacks upon many social customs and upon the religious and political powers of the day, they were simply too dangerous for public perusal. Yet what great artists who came after Francisco Goya were not affected by his graphic art? Such masters as Delacroix, Manet, Redon, Picasso, Ernst and the entire movements of Expressionism and Symbolism paid direct homage to his genius.
	Goya's first great series of etchings, Los Caprichos, appeared in 1799. It was published by Goya himself in bound editions of 300 impressions. This remarkable set 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 human follies and vices. For this reason, two-hundred and forty of the bound sets were quickly confiscated by the King of Spain and were held until well after Francisco Goya's death.
	Unlike the satirical artists of his day, Francisco Goya was rarely didactic. His monumental understanding of human nature and the ultimate unreason of man's existence pushed his imagery into multiple layers of intellectual and emotional meaning. Of Los Caprichos, Aldous Huxley wrote, "Goya's handling of his material is such that standard eighteenth-century humour often undergoes a sea-change into something darker and queerer, something that goes below the anecdotal surface of life into what lies beneath -- the unplumbed depths of original sin and original stupidity." * (Aldous Huxley, The Complete Etchings of Goya, New York, Crown Publishers, 1943, p. 13.)
	A significant number of the first thirty-six etchings of Los Caprichos deal generally with the relationships between men and women. In the later plates, however, phantoms, witches, goblins and a variety of metamorphosed animals begin to vie for centre stage. Brilliantly utilizing these creatures as symbolic forces, Francisco Goya's examination of the human condition leaves the particular and enters the universal.
	Quien Lo Creyera! is an unforgettable depiction of two witches locked in mortal combat, even as they're falling into a Hellish pit complete with terrifying monsters. This pair of witches, however, bears a striking similarity to a man and his wife who have spent their lives locked in dispute and discord until it represents their only existence. Such a destructive bond cannot be relinquished, even in death!
	Fortunately, on an early set of Los Caprichos Francisco Goya wrote a brief commentary for each of the eighty etchings. For Quien Lo Creyera!, Goya wrote, "See here is a terrible quarrel as to which of the two is more of a witch. Who would have thought the screechy one and the grizzly one would tear each other's hair in this way? Friendship is the daughter of virtue. Villains may be accomplices but not friends."
	Editions impressions from Los Caprichos: - In his definitive catalogue raisonne, Tomas Harris thoroughly researched the printing history of Los Caprichos. In 1799 only proofs and the first edition of three hundred impressions were pulled from the plates. The second edition was not created until 1855 and the popularity of the set continued through 1937 when the twelfth and last edition was pulled. This impression of Quien Lo Creyera! hails from the first edition published by Francisco Goya in 1799. Harris relates that variations occurred in printing this edition. The earliest impressions were usually printed in a sepia toned ink. Later impressions were often printed in a darker and greyer ink to compensate for the slight wear of the plates.
Raisonne:	Tomas Harris, Goya; Engravings and Lithographs, Oxford, Bruno Cassirer, 1964, 2 vols.
	Catalogue # 97- FIRST EDITION. The individual catalogue entry for Quien Lo Creyera! is supplied.
Source:	Los Caprichos
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in the first edition in Madrid in 1799. Slight staining is apparent in the outer margins (most noticeably around the upper plate-mark), else a deep, rich impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original etching represents a superb example of the artistic genius of Francesco Goya.
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