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Image Not Available for Soldiers Frightened by a Phantom [Disparate de Miedo] (Fearful Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 2
Soldiers Frightened by a Phantom [Disparate de Miedo] (Fearful Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 2
Image Not Available for Soldiers Frightened by a Phantom [Disparate de Miedo] (Fearful Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 2

Soldiers Frightened by a Phantom [Disparate de Miedo] (Fearful Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 2

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1815–17; published 1864
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, lavis (?), emery stone, and tonal scratches; posthumous first edition
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.5 x 35.2 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 49.7 x 33.5 cm (19 9/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1974.224b
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceWilliam Bell Scott (no stamp)(1811-1890), England ; W.G. Russell Allen (1882-1955), Boston; bequest to MFA April 1974
Dancing Giant; from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios plate 4)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1816–19; printed about 1848–54
Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848 - 54
Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly) from the Disparates series
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched, 1816-19, printed about 1877
Restricted: For reference only
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19 ; printed about 1848–54
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