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Disparate General (General Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 9

Disparate General (General Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 9

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-`854
Medium/TechniqueEtching and burnished aquatint; posthumous impression, trial proof.
DimensionsPlatemark: 24.3 x 35.3 cm (9 9/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 26.3 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 number1973.701.9
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsl.r. in red chalk(not Goya), "9"; b.c., graphite descriptions
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.





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
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
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
Men in Sacks (Los Ensacados); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 8
Men in Sacks (Los Ensacados); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 8
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Disparate Pobre (Poor Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 11
Disparate Pobre (Poor Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 11
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
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
Disparate de Carnabal (Carnival Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 14
Disparate de Carnabal (Carnival Folly); from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 14
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Restricted: For reference only
"Indecision"; from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 16
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1854
Man Being Mocked; from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 17
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
Untitled plate from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 18
Untitled plate from the "Disparates" series, published as Los Proverbios, plate 18
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815–17; printed about 1848-1864
Image Not Available for 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
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
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