Disorderly Folly, plate seven from The Proverbs

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Disorderly Folly, plate seven from The Proverbs

Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53

Date
1815/24, published 1864
Medium
Etching, aquatint and drypoint on ivory wove paper
Culture
Spain
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
129718

The double-bodied creature in this scene likely represents duplicity; literally two-faced, even its feet point in multiple directions. The distorted group kneeling beside the figure suggests a critique of misguided worship. This print has also been associated with the Spanish proverb “she who is ill wed never misses a chance to say so,” implying the folly of matrimony.

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The Charles Deering Collection

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AAT300041273

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