Cruel Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities), Francisco de Goya

Cruel Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Cruel Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities) (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish) (1746-1828)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: c. 1815–1819
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint
Dimensions: 24.5 × 35.3 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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