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Folly of fear

Folly of fear
(Disparate de miedo)
(c. 1815-1819)
plate 2 from Los Disparates (The Follies) series (c. 1815–19), published 1864

Medium
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint

Measurements
22.0 × 31.9 cm (image) 24.5 × 35.2 cm (plate) 33.0 × 52.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1981

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Gassier & Wilson 1573; Harris 249.III.1

Edition
1st edition

Printing/Publishing
published by the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, 1864, as 'Los Proverbios' (The Proverbs)

Accession Number
P23.2-1981

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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