# Self-Portrait, in 18th-century Spain

Francisco Goya drew this in about 1796, aged about 45. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Goya portrays himself in carbon black ink, drawing with the point of the brush as well as broader strokes, around 1796, a few years after a serious illness left him profoundly deaf. He models the face with remarkable economy, letting the white of the paper do much of the work.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1796
- Medium: Brush and point of brush, carbon black ink
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 9/16 in. (15 × 9.1 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 35.103.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Francisco Goya](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francisco-goya), Spanish, 1746–1828

Goya began with tapestry designs for the royal factory in Madrid and rose to become first painter to the Spanish court under Charles IV. After a serious illness left him deaf in the 1790s, his work grew darker and more personal.

12 works in the collection.

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