- Cronología
- 1815 - 1819
- Dimensiones
- 248 x 360 mm
- Técnica y soporte
- Etching and aquatint
- Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
- Documented work
- Ficha: realización/revisión
- 21 Aug 2021 / 05 Jun 2023
- Inventario
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See Femenine folly.
There is a state proof in the Lazaro Galdiano Foundation with the manuscript numbers 15 and 17, together with the caption Flying folly.
A monstrous, winged creature with the body of a horse, the head of a carrion bird and powerful claws carries a couple on its back. The man, timelessly dressed in a tight-fitting suit, holds tightly a woman who tries to free herself from her abductor by raising her hands in the air in a gesture similar to that of the young woman in The Abductor Horse, also known as Unbridled Folly. The work exudes the sexual tension of a man driven by lust who abducts a woman and carries her off in a sinister flight into the darkness.
This print also bears witness to Goya's fondness for depicting scenes of flight, as they are constant in both the Caprices and the Follies.
The forms are modelled and shadows are created by means of fine lines, which are not followed by interrupted lines. A dark aquatint creates an almost completely black background against which the outlines of the figures are defined.
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GoyaMusée Jacquemart-AndréParís1961consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962
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Etchings by Francosco GoyaJohannesburgoJohannesburgo1974
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Boston1974
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1976
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Grabados de Goya: colección propiedad de la Biblioteca Nacional, que se conserva en su Gabinete deCasa de la Amistad de MoscúMoscow1979exhibition displayed from January 18th to 31st 1979
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Goya. Das Zeitalter der Revolucionen. Kunst um 1800 (1980 – 1981)Hamburger KunsthalleHamburg1980cat. 16
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Goya y el espíritu de la IlustraciónMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1988from October 6th to December 18th 1988. Exhibited also at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 18th to March 26th 1989; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, May 9th to July 16th 1989, Madrid curator Manuela B. Mena Marqués, scientific directors Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and Eleanor A. Sayre
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Francisco Goya. Sein leben im spiegel der graphik. Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux. 1746-1996Galerie KornfeldBern1996from November 21st 1996 to January 1997
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Goya. 250 AniversarioMuseo Nacional del PradoMadrid1996consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From March 29th to June 2nd 1996
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Goya grabadorMuseo del Grabado Español ContemporáneoMarbella1996from March 8th to May 5th 1996
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Zaragoza1996
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London1997
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Madrid1999
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Schlaf der Vernunft. Original radierungen von Francisco de GoyaMunich2000
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Bilbao2012
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Goya et la modernitéPinacothèque de ParisParís2013from October 11st 2013 to March 16th 2014cat. 205
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2022
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OxfordBruno Cassirer1964pp. 380-381, cat. 252
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Vie et ouvre de Francisco de GoyaParísOffice du livre1970p. 325, cat. 1578
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Catálogo de las estampas de Goya en la Biblioteca NacionalMadridMinisterio de Educación y Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional1996p. 237, cat. 379
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MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando y Calcografía Nacional1996pp. 105 y 109, cat. 5 y 25
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Roma Edizioni de Luca2000pp. 120-121, cat. 37
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ParísPinacoteca de París2013p. 271
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Goya. In the Norton Simon MuseumPasadenaNorton Simon Museum2016pp. 204-211
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Museo de Bellas Artes de Badajoz y Diputación de Badajoz2022p. 95