Disparate puntual, Una Reina del circo (Punctual Folly or The Queen of the Circus), from the series Los Disparates (The Follies) or Los Proverbios, c. 1820
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientesexpand_more
Etching and aquatintexpand_more
Anonymous giftexpand_more 2018.133.9
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In this circus act, a woman balances on the back of a horse, which in turn balances on a slack rope. The Spanish expression, “bailando en una cuerda floja” [Dancing on a slack rope] is similar to the English expression “skating on thin ice.” We don’t know if Goya had anyone specific in mind when he made this image of a precarious situation.
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- Title
- Disparate puntual, Una Reina del circo (Punctual Folly or The Queen of the Circus), from the series Los Disparates (The Follies) or Los Proverbios
- Artist Life
- 1746–1828
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2018.133.9
- Provenance
- John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn. (until d. 2012); by descent to his daughter Catherine Andrus, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2018.
- Curator Approved
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