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Disparate de Bestia (Animal Folly); plate from the "Disparates" (Follies) series, published in "L'Art", 1877

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1815–17; printed 1877
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, and tonal scratches; posthumous impression
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.3 x 35.5 cm (9 9/16 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 29.1 x 43.6 cm (11 7/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession number50.199
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsFor first edition of 1877, in burin, 1.1., "Boya. inv. et sc." / "L'Art", b.c. ''OTRAS LEYES POREL PUEBLO. / (Autres lois pour le peuple)", l.r."Fcois Lienard, Imp. Paris"; Outside pm. b.c. in graphite "1877 Tome 2 at P. 40 with 2nd installment of article-Goya aquafortiste"*
ProvenanceL. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; gift to MFA Feb. 9, 1950
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
Restricted: For reference only
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 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
Man Being Mocked; from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 17
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Dancing Giant; from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios plate 4)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1816–19; printed about 1848–54
Disparate Pobre (Poor Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 11
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848–54
Central figure
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848–54
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
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1816-19 published 1864
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