Disparate desordenado (Disorderly Folly)

in or after 1816

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

The image shows a group of human figures in an intense scene. Two central figures are displayed, with one shirtless and wrapped in a sheet-like material around their lower body, standing upright and gesturing towards a kneeling figure. The kneeling figure faces left, displaying prominent facial features with exaggerated expressions. The figure wears a flowing garment and seems to be crouched or seated, looking up towards the standing figure. Other figures with similarly exaggerated and distressed expressions are gathered around them, some wearing long, flowing clothing. The background is dark and blurry, with indistinct forms and shapes adding to the dramatic atmosphere of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint and drypoint [trial proof printed posthumously circa 1854-1863]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 254, State II (trial proof/posthumous)


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

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

Wikidata ID

Q65223749

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