Disparate femenino (Feminine Folly)

in or after 1816

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This is a painting of a group of women holding a blanket. The image shows several women, dressed in period attire, standing in a circle, each gripping an edge of a large cloth or blanket. Above them, there is a figure of a small person or child that appears to be airborne. The scene is depicted in a monochromatic palette, with dark, intricate lines that detail the figures against a stark background. The use of light and shadow highlights the fabric's folds and the motion of the figures. This is in the style of Francisco Goya.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint and (drypoint?) (trial proof printed posthumously circa 1854-1863]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.7 x 35.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 in.)
    sheet: 30.6 x 46.1 cm (12 1/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
    image: 21.3 x 32.4 cm (8 3/8 x 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 248, State II (trial proof/posthumous)

  • Series Title

    Los Proverbios (Disparates) [plate 1]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1960

  • Fantasy in the Prints of Goya, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1960, no. 47.

1965

  • Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965, no. 41.

2001

  • Goya: Images of Women, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002, no. 125.

Bibliography

1964

  • Harris, Tomás. Goya: engravings and lithographs. 2 vols. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964.

2001

  • Goya: Images of Women. Exh. cat. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 125.

Wikidata ID

Q65223734

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