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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

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848- 54
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, direct bite (lavis (?), and tonal scratching; posthumous impression, early trial proof. Slightly textured, medium, cream wove paper, no watermark
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.2 x 35 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 26.4 x 37.5 cm (10 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the bequest of Horatio Greenough Curtis and the Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number1973.701.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsl.r. in red chalk (not Goya), "2"; l.l. across bottom in graphite in English cataloguing notations accroding to Delteil
ProvenanceAbout 1928, Emil Hirsch (dealer; b. 1866 – d. 1954) Munich and New York; by 1950, sold by Hirsch, or by his son-in-law, Hellmuth Wallach (dealer; b. 1901 – d. 1989), Munich and New York, to Philip Hofer (b. 1898 – d. 1984), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1973 , sold by Philip Hofer, through R. M. Light, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1973)

[1] There is a note on the flyleaf for this set of prints (MFA accession nos. 1973.701.1-18) in Philip Hofer’s hand that reads: "Bought years ago - ca. 1928 – Emil Hirsch in Munich". It is unclear precisely what Hofer’s note means. Hirsch was a Jewish rare book dealer in Munich, who was forced to close his business in May of 1937. He immigrated to the United States in 1938. His son-in-law, Hellmuth Wallach, likewise a dealer, fled Munich in 1937 and worked with Hirsch (at Emil Hirsch Rare Books and Prints) in New York beginning in 1938. According to Emanuel von Baeyer, The Hellmuth Wallach Collection: From the Master of the Tarocchi Cards to Manet (London, 2016), p. 122, Wallach sold the set of prints to Philip Hofer. Hofer first lent them to the MFA in 1950.


Title page
Disparate Femenino (Feminine Folly); from a set of "Disparates" [also known as "Proverbios",] plate 1
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–19; printed about 1848-1854
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 Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly); plate from the "Disparates" (Follies) series, published in "L'Art", 1877
Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly); plate from the "Disparates" (Follies) series, published in "L'Art", 1877
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1816-19; printed 1877
Image Not Available for Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War), plate 4, mounted in a bound album
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
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 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
Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Giant; from the "Disparates" series, plate 4
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19; printed about 1848 - 54
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
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
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
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
Image Not Available for Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, mounted in a bound album
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, mounted in a bound album
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811- 12; this set printed about 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863