Francisco Goya

Man Looking for Fleas in his Shirt



Francisco Goya - Man Looking for Fleas in his Shirt



Francisco Goya
Man Looking for Fleas in his Shirt
1824-25
6 x 5.9 cm
Carbon black and watercolour on ivory
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
M.M. Karolik Fund


Literature


Gassier and Wilson 1679
Gudiol 759/726


Exhibitions


2006 Goya's Last Works, Nr. 17
1994 Goya: Truth and Fantasy, The Small Paintings, Nr. 104

Provenance


Luis de Portilla
Portilla sale, Madrid, 16 Feb. 1880, nr. 192
Warwick, Paris
Schidhoff, Paris
Baron von Schlumberger, Vienna
Tomás Harris, London, by 1938
with Durlacher Bros., NY, by 1941
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Price, Los Angeles, by 1956
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA
R.M. Light, Boston, through whom purchased by MFA 12 June 1974

External links


Museum of Fine Arts Accession number 1973.733

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