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Francisco de Goya — The Proverbs:  Feminine Folly

Francisco de Goya

The Proverbs: Feminine Folly

1864

One of Goya's most psychologically complex late prints, the etching uses the artist's signature aquatint technique to explore themes of gender and social criticism.

Medium
etching and aquatint

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Francisco de Goya, The Proverbs: Feminine Folly, 1864

One of Goya's most psychologically complex late prints, the etching uses the artist's signature aquatint technique to explore themes of gender and social criticism.

Medium
etching and aquatint
Year
1864
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Satire, Los Disparates, 19th Century, Printmaking, Romanticism, Etching and Aquatint, Spanish, Figure Composition

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