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And there's no help for it, plate 15 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53
- Date
- 1810/11, published 1863
- Medium
- Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 124858
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
In this etching a line of tied-up victims is executed one by one by a faceless firing squad. The tips of gun barrels emerge from the far right, capturing the moment immediately preceding the spray of bullets that will kill the central figure. At his feet lies the mangled corpse of an earlier victim.
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- Credit line
- Gift of J. C. Cebrian
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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