Bobalicon (Simpleton)

in or after 1816

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

This is a painting depicting a lion, a deer, and a serpent together. The lion is standing on the left side of the image, the deer is in the middle, and the serpent is on the right. The background of the painting is dark.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.46

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 251, State II (trial proof/posthumous)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1960

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

1965

  • Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965, no. 40, repro.

1967

  • When Reason Dreams: A Selection of Prints from Five Centuries Illustrating Artistic Concerns with the Imagination, the Fantastic and the Grotesque, University of South Florida, Tampa; Duke University, Durham, NC; University of Florida, Gainesville; and Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1967, no. 48, repro.

Bibliography

1964

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

Wikidata ID

Q65223745

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