Fool's Folly (Disparate de tontos)

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Fool's Folly (Disparate de tontos)

c. 1815-1823, printed posthumously before 1877

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Fool’s Folly is among four prints from Los Disparates first published in the French magazine L’Art in 1877. The copperplates had been separated from the rest of the series after Goya’s death and did not come to light until 1870.

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Object Details

Title:

Fool's Folly (Disparate de tontos)
From the series Los Disparates

Date:

c. 1815-1823, printed posthumously before 1877

Artist:

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Medium:

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions:

Plate: 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches (24.1 x 35.2 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Joseph E. Temple Fund and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund, 1948

Accession Number:

1948-76-305

Geography:

Made in Madrid, Spain, Europe

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