'Cruel Folly', from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

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'Cruel Folly', from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Date
ca. 1815–19 (published 1864)
Medium
Etching, burnished aquatint
Dimensions
Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 15/16 in. (24.4 × 35.4 cm) Sheet: 13 in. × 18 13/16 in. (33 × 47.8 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
36.20(6)
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim, 1936

Artist information

Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux

Subjects and terms

  • Ruins
  • Men

The Met object ID 384331. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.