The Proverbs: Two Heads are Better than One or Poor Folly, Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)

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The Proverbs: Two Heads are Better than One or Poor Folly, Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)
The Proverbs: Two Heads are Better than One or Poor Folly — Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)1816–1823 (printed c. 1863)

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Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828) made The Proverbs: Two Heads are Better than One or Poor Folly, and made these too.

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