Fuerte cosa es! (That's Tough!) — Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya

Fuerte cosa es! (That's Tough!)

1810 / 1820

Dating
Date range
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
etching, aquatint, and drypoint with burnishing (proof) on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.5 × 20.3 cm (6 1/8 × 8 in.) sheet: 19.4 × 25.1 cm (7 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Collection no.
2019.16.1
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details

Francisco Goya. Fuerte cosa es! (That's Tough!). National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Fuerte cosa es! (That's Tough!) — Francisco Goya. 1810 / 1820.

Medium: etching, aquatint, and drypoint with burnishing (proof) on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 15.5 × 20.3 cm (6 1/8 × 8 in.) sheet: 19.4 × 25.1 cm (7 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2019.16.1. The Ahmanson Foundation and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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