A Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!, plate 39 from The Disasters of War

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A Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!, plate 39 from The Disasters of War

Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53

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
Object ID
124886

This harrowing image mocks any notion of the possibility of heroic or admirable consequences of war. Yet much later, Vargi Aivazian of the TASS Window studio turned horror into humor by using this very image as inspiration for his sardonic TASS 634, Holiday Tree Ornaments .

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Gift of J. C. Cebrian

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