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'Folly of Fear' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities), Francisco de Goya

'Folly of Fear' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

'Folly of Fear' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities) (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish) (1746-1828)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
c. 1815–1819
Medium
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
Dimensions
24.5 × 35.1 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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