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Disparate Cruel (Cruel Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 6
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1816-19
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint; contemporary working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.5 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 32 x 43.3 cm (12 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 32 x 43.3 cm (12 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1974.251
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 253, I, 2; Delteil 0207
DescriptionBrown ink, plate tone(?) Slight bevel at top.
Contemporary working proof, before bevel (?) (H. I, 2 - no examples known to Harris).
The preferred series title "Disparates" (Follies) is derived from manuscript titles containing the word "Disparate" on fourteen of the working proofs, of which this is one. Beruete and others invented titles containing "Disparate" for the rest, except "Modo de volar" (no. 13).
Contemporary working proof, before bevel (?) (H. I, 2 - no examples known to Harris).
The preferred series title "Disparates" (Follies) is derived from manuscript titles containing the word "Disparate" on fourteen of the working proofs, of which this is one. Beruete and others invented titles containing "Disparate" for the rest, except "Modo de volar" (no. 13).
InscriptionsMS inscription in brown ink, above right: 3; below: title.
Signed 1.1. vertically, in etching, "Goya", in brown ink, in Goya's hand, u.r: "3", b.c., within pm.: "Disparate Cruel", 1.1. in graphite later notations.
Signed 1.1. vertically, in etching, "Goya", in brown ink, in Goya's hand, u.r: "3", b.c., within pm.: "Disparate Cruel", 1.1. in graphite later notations.
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1964, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 10, 1974)