The Proverbs: Two Heads are Better than One or Poor Folly
1816–1823 (printed c. 1863)
- Medium
- etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-208289
The Proverbs are a group of 22 prints that are among the most powerful, original, and enigmatic of Goya's etchings. Although many of the scenes can be identified with proverbs, it is hard to judge the political, religious, or social connotations of these works. Many of the prints represent carnival themes, which Goya may have used as an allegory to express ideas concerning the state of Spain and his personal life.
Provenance
and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund, 1996.7
Registry history
- 1816–1823 (printed c. 1863) — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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