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Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Cruel folly (Disparate cruel) (c. 1815-1819)
etching and burnished aquatint
21.7 × 31.8 cm (image) 24.4 × 35.1 cm (plate) 33.0 × 52.1 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1981
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Cruel folly
(Disparate cruel)
(c. 1815-1819)
plate 6 from Los Disparates (The Follies) series (c. 1815–19), published 1864
Medium
etching and burnished aquatint
Measurements
21.7 × 31.8 cm (image) 24.4 × 35.1 cm (plate) 33.0 × 52.1 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1981
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Gassier & Wilson 1579; Harris 253.III.1
Edition
1st edition
Printing/Publishing
published by the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, 1864, as 'Los Proverbios' (The Proverbs)
Inscription
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) c.l.: Goya
Accession Number
P23.6-1981
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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