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Francisco de Goya — The Proverbs:  Poor Folly

Francisco de Goya

The Proverbs: Poor Folly

1864

Another haunting entry in Goya's mysterious Proverbs series, using symbolic imagery to critique social pretensions and human weakness.

Medium
etching and aquatint

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Francisco de Goya, The Proverbs: Poor Folly, 1864

Another haunting entry in Goya's mysterious Proverbs series, using symbolic imagery to critique social pretensions and human weakness.

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

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Dark, Monochrome, Melancholic, Romanticism, Allegorical, Etching and Aquatint, Narrative, Modern, Spanish, Satirical

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