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Francisco de Goya — The Proverbs:  Simpleton

Francisco de Goya

The Proverbs: Simpleton

1864

Final entry in the series presents another meditation on human weakness and gullibility, executed with the technical sophistication that marks Goya's greatest graphic works.

Medium
etching and aquatint

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Francisco de Goya, The Proverbs: Simpleton, 1864

Final entry in the series presents another meditation on human weakness and gullibility, executed with the technical sophistication that marks Goya's greatest graphic works.

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

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Dark, Monochrome, Figure, 19th Century, Critical, Romanticism, Etching and Aquatint, Spanish, Satirical

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