Etching 19th C Engraving By Ricardo Baroja Y Nessi

La Cofradia de las diez enterredores (the brotherhood of the ten undertakers) etching by Ricardo Baroja y Nessi 1910 (Minas de Rio Tinto, Huelva 1871 -Vera de Bidasoa, Navarre 1953) artist's signature in pencil lower right, numbered 150-31 lower left Ricardo Baroja was a Spanish painter, engraver, actor and writer. His work as an engraver is remarkable and he is considered a disciple of Goya. In 1900 he created his famous etching Asphalt Poseurs à la Puerta del Sol and in 1903 he founded the magazine "Arte Joven" with Picasso and Francisco de Asis Soler. He also attended the meetings of the Café Levante at this time. Sources: Cien anos de pintura en Espana y Portugal, 1830-1930, TI, Antiqvaria, Madrid, 1988. Dictionary of Painters, Designers, Engravers and Sculptors, Benezit, Gründ Paris 1999 and: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Baroja Beautiful proof on vellum paper. A copy is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba. Plate line: 39.3 x 59.3 cm Sheet: 55.2 x 78.1 cm