Francisco Goya
Man Looking for Fleas in his Shirt
1824-256 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
Other works by Francisco Goya
Cannibals Contemplating Human Remains
Royal Company of the Philippines
1815
1815
Sketch for The Last Supper
Gossiping Women
c. 1785-1790?
c. 1785-1790?
Cannibals Preparing their Victims