Al Conde Palatino (To the Count Palatine), plate 33 from the first edition of Los Caprichos (Madrid, 1799)
Artist/Maker
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Date1797–99
MediumEtching and burnished aquatint
DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (18.1 × 12.1 cm)
Plate: 8 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (21.3 × 14.9 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 8 5/16 in. (30.5 × 21.1 cm)
Plate: 8 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (21.3 × 14.9 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 8 5/16 in. (30.5 × 21.1 cm)
Credit LineRichard Lee Ripin Art Purchase Fund
EditionPlate 33 from the first edition of Los Caprichos (Madrid, 1799)
PortfolioPlate 33 from the first edition of Los Caprichos (Madrid, 1799)
Object number2022.3
Status
Not on viewA well-dressed man shoves his hand into the mouth of a grimacing patient. In the foreground, one man vomits while another man sits, perhaps also vomiting.
“Count Palatine” was a title sometimes conferred by Spanish rulers on their physicians; this composition may be a reference to a controversial and widely publicized experiment by the royal physician Francisco Javier de Balmis, who used medicinal plants to treat venereal diseases. A witness to the experiment described the violent effects of this treatment, including severe vomiting and four deaths.
Exhibition History
“Count Palatine” was a title sometimes conferred by Spanish rulers on their physicians; this composition may be a reference to a controversial and widely publicized experiment by the royal physician Francisco Javier de Balmis, who used medicinal plants to treat venereal diseases. A witness to the experiment described the violent effects of this treatment, including severe vomiting and four deaths.
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Collections
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