# Seated Giant, in 19th-century Spain

Francisco Goya made this (by 1818 (possibly 1814–18)), aged 72. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A colossal nude figure sits on the edge of the world, turning to look back over his shoulder, while a tiny landscape lies at his feet. Goya created the image in burnished aquatint, scraping and polishing light out of a dark tonal ground so that the giant seems to emerge from the night.

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## The work

- Date: by 1818 (possibly 1814–18)
- Medium: Burnished aquatint, scaper, roulette, lavis (along the top of the landscape and within the landscape)
- Dimensions: Plate: 11 3/16 × 8 3/16 in. (28.4 × 20.8 cm) Framed: 21 3/4 × 19 in. (55.2 × 48.3 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 35.42
- 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.

## Walk on

- [More by Francisco Goya](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/francisco-goya?hang=749) (12 works)
- [More Neoclassicism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/neoclassicism?hang=749) (109 works)
- [The 19th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19?hang=749) (731 works)

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