Disparate pobre (Poor folly, or Two heads are better than one), plate 11 from the series Los Disparates (The Follies)
Disparate pobre (Poor folly, or Two heads are better than one), plate 11 from the series Los Disparates (The Follies)

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Disparate pobre (Poor folly, or Two heads are better than one), plate 11 from the series Los Disparates (The Follies),

ca. 1819–24, printed 1875

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746–1828; born Fuendetodos, Spain; died Bordeaux, France
x1941-71

Information

Title
Disparate pobre (Poor folly, or Two heads are better than one), plate 11 from the series Los Disparates (The Follies)
Dates

ca. 1819–24, printed 1875

Maker
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Medium

Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin

Dimensions

plate: 24.5 x 35.5 cm. (9 5/8 x 14 in.)
sheet: 31.5 x 44 cm (12 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

Object Number
x1941-71
Place Made

Europe, Spain, Madrid

Inscription

Numbered in plate, upper right corner: 11.

Reference Numbers
Delteil 212; Harris 258
Culture
European, Spanish
Type
aquatints, prints, drypoints, etchings, burins
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process), burnishing (polishing)
Subject
women, figures (representations), proverbs

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