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What More Can Be Done?, plate 33 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53
- Date
- 1812/15, published 1863
- Medium
- Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 124880
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The very limits of cruelty are on display in this scene, which depicts an act of sheer brutality and contempt for humanity.
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- Credit line
- Gift of J. C. Cebrian
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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