The meaning of Goya’s last print series, ‘Los Proverbios’, is not entirely clear. It is believed that they depict popular proverbs or fables. The scenes are full of bizarre but horrific and terrifying figures, phantoms, giants and flying creatures. In literature the series is also known as ‘Los Disparates’ (Follies) on the basis of the handwritten titles on a number of very rare proofs.
Specifications
| Title | Poor Folly |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Etching, aquatint, dry-point and burin |
| Object type |
Print
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 322 mm Height 217 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Graphic artist:
Francisco Goya
Publisher: Real Academia de San Fernando |
| Accession number | MB 20011 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1935 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1935 |
| Creation date | in circa 1816 - 1824 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Prentenkabinet: Goya - Verschrikkingen van de oorlog (2013) Francisco Goya - De verschrikkingen van de oorlog (2018) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Aquatint
> Etching
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Dry-point
> Engraving
> Engraved
> Manual
> Intaglio printing techniques
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Spain > Southern Europe > Europe |
