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Image Not Available for Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); plate 12, bound into first edition of Los Proverbios ("Disparates")

Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); plate 12, bound into first edition of Los Proverbios ("Disparates")

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1816–19; published 1864
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and tonal scratching; posthumous first edition
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.5 x 35 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 33.5 x 50 cm (13 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1974.224L
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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
Image Not Available for Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 3
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 3
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; published 1864
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 4 (bound set)
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 4 (bound set)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12; published 1863
Image Not Available for 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 1815–17; published 1864
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (published as Los Proverbios), plate 12
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (published as Los Proverbios), plate 12
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816–19; printed between 1848-1854
Image Not Available for Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1816-19 published 1864
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
Drawn and etched 1815–17; published 1864
Image Not Available for Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; published 1864
Image Not Available for Disparate Pobre (Poor Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 11
Disparate Pobre (Poor Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 11
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; published 1864
Image Not Available for Man Being Mocked; from the "Disparates" series, plate 17
Man Being Mocked; from the "Disparates" series, plate 17
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; published 1864
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
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
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1863–64
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 3
Disparate Ridiculo (Ridiculous Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 3
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1815–17; printed about 1863–64