Minneapolis Institute of Art
Disparate de bestia, Otras leyes por el pueblo (Animal Folly or Other Laws for the People), 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
- 131373
Four men dressed as Moors cower in the corner before a massive elephant. One of the men holds up a book and extends a collar studded with bells in his other hand. This image is part of Goya’s Disperates or Proverbios, dreamlike images that resist firm interpretation. One thought on this image is that the elephant represents the large and powerful public and that the Moors represent the elite who try to control the masses with their laws. France, Europe
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