Francisco de Goya

Folly in sacks

Clasificación
Folly in sacks
Datos Generales
Cronología
1815 - 1819
Dimensiones
248 x 359 mm
Técnica y soporte
Etching and burnished aquatint
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Ficha: realización/revisión
19 Aug 2021 / 15 Mar 2023
Inventario
-
Historia

See Femenine folly.

Análisis artístico

A series of figures in sacks, with only their heads visible, are arranged in a row in a dark, empty space in which they seem to submerge, almost merging into it. On the left is a group whose facial features are unified in a single rictus. The first of the figures in this group stands out, towering above the others as if he were the ringleader. Next to him, five other figures are gathered around him and one of them is leaning over as if trying to get out of the circle they have drawn.

An enigmatic and gloomy scene, impregnated with great silence and gloom, in which the figures contemplate absolute silence, all of them enthralled in their irrational attitudes. It is common to establish a connection with politics, seeing in this scene a meeting or assembly, or even a prince or minister in the figure in the foreground. It could also be a criticism of the aristocracy, which would be shown stripped of all its rich clothing but maintaining that haughty and even ridiculous attitude so characteristic of it.

The figures are outlined in the dark aquatint background, achieved by means of very compact parallel lines of etching.

The possible preparatory drawing for the present print entitled Characters in sacks, has been preserved.

Exposiciones
  • Goya
    Musée Jacquemart-André
    París
    1961
    consultant editor Jean-Gabriel Domergue. From December 1961 to February 1962
  • Etchings by Francosco Goya
    Johannesburgo
    Johannesburgo
    1974
  • 1976
  •  Grabados de Goya: colección propiedad de la Biblioteca Nacional, que se conserva en su Gabinete de
    Casa de la Amistad de Moscú
    Moscow
    1979
    exhibition displayed from January 18th to 31st 1979
  • Boston
    1974
  • Goya y el espíritu de la Ilustración
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1988
    from 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
  • Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    Biblioteca Nacional
    Madrid
    1996
    from September 19th to December 15th 1996
  • Francisco Goya. Sein leben im spiegel der graphik. Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux. 1746-1996
    Galerie Kornfeld
    Bern
    1996
    from November 21st 1996 to January 1997
  • Goya. 250 Aniversario
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1996
    consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From March 29th to June 2nd 1996
  • Goya grabador
    Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo
    Marbella
    1996
    from March 8th to May 5th 1996
  • Zaragoza
    1996
  • London
    1997
  • 1999
  • Madrid
    1999
  • Schlaf der Vernunft. Original radierungen von Francisco de Goya
    Munich
    2000
  • Bilbao
    2012
  • Goya et la modernité
    Pinacothèque de Paris
    París
    2013
    from October 11st 2013 to March 16th 2014
  • Madrid
    2019
Bibliografía
  • HARRIS, Tomás
    OxfordBruno Cassirer
    1964
    p. 386, cat. 255
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 325, cat. 1582
  • SANTIAGO, Elena M. (coordinadora)
    Catálogo de las estampas de Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    MadridMinisterio de Educación y Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional
    1996
    p. 238, cat. 382
  • CARRETE, Juan, MATILLA, José Manuel, AULLÓN DE HARO, Pedro, BOZAL, Valeriano, GLENDINNING, Nigel, VEGA, Jesusa y BLAS, Javier
    MadridReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando y Calcografía Nacional
    1996
    p. 109, cat. 28
  • MATILLA, José Manuel
    Roma Edizioni de Luca
    2000
    pp. 126-127, cat. 40
  • OROPESA, Marisa and RINCÓN GARCÍA, Wilfredo
    ParísPinacoteca de París
    2013
    p. 272
  • MATILLA, José Manuel y MENA, Manuela B. (comisarios)
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado
    2019
    p. 312
  • WILSON BAREAU, Juliet
    Goya. In the Norton Simon Museum
    PasadenaNorton Simon Museum
    2016
    pp. 204-211
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