![Disparate de miedo [Torheit der Furcht; Folly of fear; Por temor no pierdas honor; Do not lose honour through fear] (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum CC BY-NC-SA)](https://asset.museum-digital.org/nds/images/49/54812-zl_87604102/disparate_de_miedo_torhei/200w_disparate-de-miedo-torheit-der-furcht-folly-of-fear-por-temor-no-pierdas-honor-do-not-lose-317521.jpg)
A giant, veiled figure causes a group of soldiers to flee in terror. However, what they take to be a personifcation of death, does in reality seem to be no more than a kind of scarecrow. A grinning grotesque face peers out from one of the sleeves. Here, as in similar depictions (Capricho no. 3 and Disparate no. 19), Goya targets groundless fears allowing people to be manipulated as pawns. (TD 2024, translation Büro LS Anderson, Berlin)
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