Disparate claro (Clear Folly)

in or after 1816

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

It is a drawing of figures gathered under a canopy. The image depicts a group engaged in an activity beneath a large canopy. The figures are in shadow with highlights creating dramatic lighting. The drawing has intricate lines and hatching for texture and depth. The interplay between light and dark draws attention to the expressions and gestures of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.57

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 262, State II (trial proof/posthumous)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

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

Wikidata ID

Q65223771

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