Art Institute of Chicago
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
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
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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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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