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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Feminine Folly (Disparate Feminino)

🖼 Feminine Folly (Disparate Feminino), 1816-23
Etching and aquatint
240 × 350 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Grotesque female figures tumble and writhe in shadowy chaos, rendered with acidic brushwork and distorted proportions. Goya critiques women's vanity and societal folly through nightmarish imagery, blending satire with psychological intensity in this darkly visionary print.

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E. H. Gombrich
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