Cleveland Museum of Art
The Proverbs: Ridiculous Folly
Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- etching and aquatint
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 109455
From LinkedCulture
A group of figures in heavy cloaks and caps cling together along a massive diagonal tree branch, suspended over nothing, with a shrouded form at the far right and a dark animal shape lurking below. This etching and aquatint is by Francisco de Goya, part of his series known as the Proverbs or Disparates, made from plates created late in his life but unpublished until 1864, long after his death. Goya kept these prints hidden, and their meanings remain genuinely unresolved, which is exactly what makes them so unsettling today.
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- Gift of Grover Higgins
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