Plate 9 from "Los Caprichos": Tantalus (Tantalo)

1799

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint
Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/16 × 5 7/8 in. (20.8 × 15 cm) Sheet: 12 in. × 7 13/16 in. (30.5 × 19.9 cm)
Collection no.: 16.4.8
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Francisco Goya. Plate 9 from "Los Caprichos": Tantalus (Tantalo). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Plate 9 from "Los Caprichos": Tantalus (Tantalo) — Francisco Goya. 1799.

Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint. Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/16 × 5 7/8 in. (20.8 × 15 cm) Sheet: 12 in. × 7 13/16 in. (30.5 × 19.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Walter E. Sachs, 1916.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

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