The blind guitarist (El ciego de la guitarra), ca. 1778, Etching; working proof touched with graphite, Sheet: 14 in. × 21 5/8 in. (35.5 × 55 cm), Prints, Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux), In the spring of 1778 Goya submitted an oil cartoon depcting the blind guitatist to the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Barbara in Madrid for it to be woven into a tapestry. Because of the complexity of the design it proved too difficult for the weavers to interpret and alterations had to be made
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