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Disparate de Bestia

Goya, Francisco (1746-1828, Spanish)

Etching with aquatint

Francisco de Goya, Oras Leyes por el Pueblo/Quien se Pondrá el Cascabel al Gato/Disparate de Bestia (Animal folly)

Francisco de Goya

Oras Leyes por el Pueblo/Quien se Pondrá el Cascabel al Gato/Disparate de Bestia (Animal folly)

from Los Proverbios: The Four Additional Plates

Description

Date: ca. 1816-1819
Medium: Etching with aquatint
Series: Los Disparates (The Follies), or Proverbios (Proverbs), the third of the four extra plates   
Edition: From the first edition issued by L'Art in 1877
Dimensions: Sheet: 290 x 441 mm.  11 3/8 x 17 3/8 in.
Reference: Harris 268 III
Provenance: Private European collection
Impression: Extremely fine, with rich, unblemish aquatint
Condition: Excellent, wide margins all around, no restoration