Disparate fúnebre (Funeral folly)
Disparate fúnebre (Funeral folly)

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Disparate fúnebre (Funeral folly),

ca. 1815–17, printed 1864

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746–1828; born Fuendetodos, Spain; died Bordeaux, France
Published by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Spanish, founded 1744
x1946-249
Goya reserved his most scathing and haunting social commentaries for his print series. Between 1815 and 1824, he developed a group of twenty-two etchings and aquatints that he referred to as Los disparates (The Follies), an enigmatic series of prints that pessimistically reflect on the chaos of Spanish society at the time. In Disparate puntal (sure or precise folly), Goya depicts a crowd gawking at what they take to be a miracle but is only a circus trick; in Disparate fúnebre (Funeral folly), he contemplates life after death in a dark image of a ghost rising from a corpse to join a host of waiting spirits.

Information

Title
Disparate fúnebre (Funeral folly)
Dates

ca. 1815–17, printed 1864

Maker
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Published by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Medium
Etching, burnished aquatint, and burin
Dimensions
plate: 25.0 x 35.7 cm. (9 13/16 x 14 1/16 in.) sheet: 33.8 x 48.5 cm. (13 5/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection
Object Number
x1946-249
Place Made

Europe, Spain, Madrid

Reference Numbers
Delteil 219; Harris 265
Culture
European, Spanish
Type
etchings, aquatints, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process), burnishing (polishing)
Subject
deaths, proverbs, men, figures (representations), women

Vieillard errant parmi les Fantomes/Dios Los Cria y ellos se Juntan (God creates them and they join up together)

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