Art Institute of Chicago
One Can't Tell Why, plate 35 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53
- Date
- 1812/15, published 1863
- Medium
- Etching, burnished lavis, drypoint and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 124882
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Eight convicted and garroted victims share a platform. Suspended from cords around their necks and resting against their chests are the weapons they carried when they were arrested by the French army. For Spaniards, being caught carrying a weapon of any kind was a capital offense.
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- Credit line
- Gift of J. C. Cebrian
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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