For your consideration is this offset lithograph of Francisco De Goya's oil painting titled, "Goya's Red Boy", originally painted in 1787-1788, and the lithograph being published in the 1950s by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Goya was born in 1746 in Fuendetodos, Spain to his father, José Francisco de Paula, a gilder, and his mother Gracia Lucientes, a member of a poor noble family. He entered a few competitions in Spain as a young man but was unsuccessful in his endeavors. When he won an honorable mention in a competition held at the Academia de Parma, he was recognized and offered religious commissions in Saragossa where he then settled in 1771. In 1773 he was married in Madrid, Spain to Josefa Bayeu, who's sibling was the leading Spanish artist at court. Bayeu greatly assisted Goya's career, securing him a job and position at the Royal Tapestry factory. Goya's contemporary paintings gained him fame as a renowned portraitist and he received his first portrait commission in 1783 from the Conde de la Floridablanca and the Infante Don Luis. Goya quickly became established as a portraitist of the leading members of Madrid society. In 1786 Charles III appointed Goya painter to the king; shortly after his coronation in 1789, Charles IV made him court painter. Near the end of 1792, battles with a mysterious illness left Goya incapacitated for years at a time, leaving him permanently deaf. In 1819 Goya suffered a relapse of his illness and almost died. This close call was most likely reflected in his fourteen, Black Paintings, done on the walls of his bedroom around 1820-1823. In 1824 Goya emigrated to Bordeaux, France, where he lived until his death on 16 April 1828. This lithograph shows a three year old boy by the name of Don Manuel Rosario de Zuñiga. He is wearing a short jacket which is buttoned to his trousers, as he has recently been "breached": the fashion ritual when the boy has graduated from a frock coat to a man’s sartorial estate. He is holding onto a string which is connected to a crows foot and three cats sit near him. To the right of the boy is a cage full of smaller birds. The lithograph is set in a beautiful gold colored frame and sits behind a clear, plastic uv screen. The art and frame show good condition overall with little to no wear present and no signs of major damage or wear noted. The visible art measures 18 1/4" L x 14" W, while the entire piece measures 28 1/4" L x 24 3/8" W x 1 3/8" D. It weighs 8 pounds and 10 ounces.