id:			159719
accession number:	1996.7
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.7
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:27.430000

The Proverbs: Two Heads are Better than One or Poor Folly, 1816–1823 (printed c. 1863). Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1996.7

title:				The Proverbs: Two Heads are Better than One or Poor Folly
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creation date:			1816–1823 (printed c. 1863)
creation date earliest:		1816
creation date latest:		1823
current location:		
creditline:			Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
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culture:	Spain, 19th century
technique:	etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Harris 258; Perez Sanchez and Gallego p. 186 no. 11

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CREATORS

* Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)  - artist

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state of the work:	II (trial proof)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000.  "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints."

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4027

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