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Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15

Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1816-19
Medium/TechniqueEtching, aquatint with burnishing, direct etching, and tonal scratching; working proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.6 x 35.6 cm (9 11/16 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 31.1 x 42 cm (12 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. G. Peabody Gardner and Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation, Otis Norcross Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund, George R. Nutter Fund, Mary L. Smith Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, George Peabody Gardner Fund, Margaret Curry Wyman Fund, and Francis Jay Underhill Fund
Accession number1973.703
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn brown ink, u.r., "7", b.c., in Goya's hand, within pm.: "Disparate Claro:; 1.1. in graphite, later notations.Provenancepossibly Paul Lefort (b. 1829 - d. 1904), Paris. Dr. Julius Hofmann, Vienna (b. 1840- d. 1913) (Lugt 1264); Robert Hoffman; by 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)
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
Soldiers Frightened by a Phantom, from a once bound set of "Disparates" [also known as Proverbios], plate 2
Soldiers Frightened by a Phantom, from a once bound set of "Disparates" [also known as Proverbios], plate 2
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848- 54
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); 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 4.
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); 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 4.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-1812
No se puede mirar. (One can't look.); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 26.
No se puede mirar. (One can't look.); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 26.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1811–1812
Banderillas with Firecrackers (Banderillas de fuego) Tauromaquia 31
Banderillas with Firecrackers (Banderillas de fuego)
Tauromaquia 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1815
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1816–1819
Caridad. (Charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 27.
Caridad. (Charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 27.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1810
Que valor! (What courage!); 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 7.
Que valor! (What courage!); 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 7.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1811–1812
What a Great Deed! With Corpses! (Grande hazaña! Con muertos!) Disasters of War 39
What a Great Deed! With Corpses! (Grande hazaña! Con muertos!)
Disasters of War 39
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1811–1812
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1811-12
The Ladies-in-Waiting ("Las Meninas"), after Velázquez
The Ladies-in-Waiting ("Las Meninas"), after Velázquez
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1779–1785
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Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War), plate 4, mounted in a bound album
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12, this set printed 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863