Art, literature & history
Old man on a swing
1825/27
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and burnished aquatint and/or lavis on ivory paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 16.3 × 10.5 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate: 18.8 × 12.2 cm (7 7/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 16.2 cm (8 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1937.139
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Francisco Goya. Old man on a swing. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Old man on a swing — Francisco Goya. 1825/27.
Medium: Etching and burnished aquatint and/or lavis on ivory paper. Dimensions: Image: 16.3 × 10.5 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate: 18.8 × 12.2 cm (7 7/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 16.2 cm (8 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.