A Giant Seated in a Landscape, sometimes called 'The Colossus'
Artist: Francisco Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
A burnished aquatint print made by 1818, showing a single monumental figure seated in a landscape. This print by Francisco Goya is known both by its descriptive title and by the nickname 'The Colossus'. The gallery guide explains how the figure is built from tone and scraping, what the title does and does not tell us, and why the image sits within the Romantic imagination.