This is Worse, plate 37 from The Disasters of War

Art Institute of Chicago

This is Worse, plate 37 from The Disasters of War

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Date
1812/15, published 1863
Medium
Etching, lavis and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
Culture
Spain
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Ever-increasing violence is on display in this horrific scene. A trial proof of this print bears the inscription, “The one at Chinchón,” suggesting that the artist witnessed this scene of human barbarity.

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Object type
AAT300041273

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