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Cruel folly

Cruel folly
(Disparate cruel)
(c. 1815-1819)
plate 6 from Los Disparates (The Follies) series (c. 1815–19), published 1864

Medium
etching and burnished aquatint
Measurements
21.7 × 31.8 cm (image) 24.4 × 35.1 cm (plate) 33.0 × 52.1 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Gassier & Wilson 1579; Harris 253.III.1
Edition
1st edition
Printing/Publishing
published by the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, 1864, as 'Los Proverbios' (The Proverbs)
Inscription
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) c.l.: Goya
Accession Number
P23.6-1981
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1981
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display