Minneapolis Institute of Art

Disparate puntual, Una Reina del circo (Punctual Folly or The Queen of the Circus), from the series Los Disparates (The Follies) or Los Proverbios

Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-637ac1088cb7

Date

c. 1820

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Object ID

131372

In this circus act, a woman balances on the back of a horse, which in turn balances on a slack rope. The Spanish expression, “bailando en una cuerda floja” [Dancing on a slack rope] is similar to the English expression “skating on thin ice.” We don’t know if Goya had anyone specific in mind when he made this image of a precarious situation. France, Europe

The authoritative record is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.