Francisco GOYA y Lucientes
Brute folly
(Disparate de bestia)
1816-1823; published 1877
additonal plate from Los Disparates (The follies), 1864

Medium
etching and aquatint in dark umber ink

Measurements
25.4 × 36.0 cm (plate) 28.0 × 38.6 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1982

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 268.II

Edition
proof before letters

Printing/Publishing
published by L'Art, Paris

Accession Number
P3-1983

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Animals Humour and Satire

Subjects (specific)
elephant (animal) men (male humans) satire (artistic device)

Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)