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Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)

Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1816–1819
Medium/TechniqueEtching, aquatint with burnishing and scraping, drypoint, and tonal scratches with touches of chalk (working proof) lower left: possible fixative residues
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.1 x 35 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 24.1 x 35 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow, Dorothy and Samuel Glaser, and an anonymous donor, and the M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession number1973.702
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Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper left in brown ink: 8; upper right in brown ink: 19; lower center in brown ink: Disparate AlegreProvenanceby 1945, Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984) and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through R. M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (original vote June 13, 1973)
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 13
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 13
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Y son fieras. (And they are wild beasts!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 5.
Y son fieras. (And they are wild beasts!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 5.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12
Woman Carried off by a Horse Disparates [Proverbios, 10]
Woman Carried off by a Horse
Disparates [Proverbios, 10]
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1816–1819; printed about 184 8-1854
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or Wrongly); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 2
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or Wrongly); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 2
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1811-1812, published 1863
If He Broke the Pitcher (Si quebró el Cantaro.) Caprichos 25
If He Broke the Pitcher (Si quebró el Cantaro.)
Caprichos 25
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797–1798
She Prays for Her (Ruega por ella.), Caprichos 31
She Prays for Her (Ruega por ella.), Caprichos 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797–1798
Woman Carried off by a Horse; from the "Disparates" series, plate 10
Woman Carried off by a Horse; from the "Disparates" series, plate 10
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1863–64
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from a set of "Disparates" series [published as the Proverbios] , plate 3
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from a set of "Disparates" series [published as the Proverbios] , plate 3
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–19; printed about 1848
Image Not Available for Fuerte cosa es ! (This is too much!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 31.
Fuerte cosa es ! (This is too much!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 31.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 15
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 15
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848-1854
Will She Rise Again? (Se resucitará?) Disasters of War 80
Will She Rise Again? (Se resucitará?)
Disasters of War 80
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1813–1814
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, plate 13
Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying); from the "Disparates" series, plate 13
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1863–64