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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

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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

Type

aquatints, prints, drypoints, etchings, burins

Materials

printing ink

Techniques

burnishing (polishing), etching (printing process)

Subject

proverbs, figures (representations), women

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828; born Fuendetodos, Spain; died Bordeaux, France), 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. Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin; 24.5 x 35.5 cm (plate), 31.5 x 44 cm (sheet). Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr. (x1941-71) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/3731

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