About this artwork
The double-bodied creature in this scene likely represents duplicity; literally two-faced, even its feet point in multiple directions. The distorted group kneeling beside the figure suggests a critique of misguided worship. This print has also been associated with the Spanish proverb “she who is ill wed never misses a chance to say so,” implying the folly of matrimony.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
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Title
- Disorderly Folly, plate seven from The Proverbs
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Place
- Spain (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- Made 1815–1824
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Medium
- Etching, aquatint and drypoint on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 21.8 × 32.5 cm (8 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Plate: 24.5 × 35.5 cm (9 11/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 33.1 × 49.6 cm (13 1/16 × 19 9/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- The Charles Deering Collection
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Reference Number
- 1927.3316
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/129718/manifest.json
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