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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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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.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bobalicon (Simpleton)

Francisco Goya

Date
in or after 1816
Medium
etching, burnished aquatint, burin and (drypoint?) [trial proof printed posthumously circa 1854-1863]
Classification
Print
Accession number
1951.10.46
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Los Proverbios (Disparates) [plate 4]

Subjects and terms

  • figure
  • Spanish
  • Clown
  • Face
  • Man
  • Monster

NGA object ID 39837. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.