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Disparate de tontos: P.78-1937

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Disparate de tontos
Translated as: Fools' folly
Los Disparates
Los Proverbios

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Circa 1816 - 1877

Note

One of four plates prepared for the DisparatesProverbios series but unpublished until the late nineteenth century

Trial proof

School or Style

Spanish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of Japanese paper
Plate Height 213 mm Width 325 mm
Sheet Height 276 mm Width 379 mm

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.78-1937
Primary reference Number: 2543
Harris (Goya): 269 II
Delteil: 223 I
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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