Francisco GOYA y Lucientes
Fools’ folly
(Disparates de tontos)
(c. 1815-1819)
additonal plate from Los Disparates (The Follies) series, (c. 1815-19), published 1877

Medium
etching, aquatint and drypoint on Japanese paper

Measurements
21.2 × 32.5 cm (image) 24.6 × 35.2 cm (plate) 28.2 × 38.7 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Gassier & Wilson 1604; Harris 269.II

Edition
trial proof before letters

Printing/Publishing
printed by Francois Liénard, Paris published by L'Art, Paris

Accession Number
P4-1983

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)
bulls (animals) cattle

Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)