The Custody is as Barbarous as the Crime ("The Little Prisoner")

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The Custody is as Barbarous as the Crime ("The Little Prisoner")

Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53

Date: 1810/20
Medium: Etching and burin on cream laid paper
Culture: Spain
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 52670

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The Custody Is as Barbarous as the Crime , one of only three irregular plates produced for the Disasters of War series, was not printed and bound into the volume like the other working proofs but was added at the end. The etching features a prisoner crouching with his wrists and ankles restrained. Line in addition to aquatint creates the exceedingly dark atmosphere. Goya pays special attention to the prisoner’s contorted posture, the tangled mess of his hair, and the reflection of dim light on the chains binding his arms.

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