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Nothing. The Event Will Tell, plate 69 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53
- Date
- 1812/20, published 1863
- Medium
- Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint, and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 124922
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
The sign resting on the skeletal remains reads “nada,” which means “nothing” in Spanish. Whether referring to the outcome of the war and suffering, the vindication of the dead, or the promise of an afterlife, the nihilism communicated in this image is some of the most intense in the series.
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- Credit line
- Gift of J. C. Cebrian
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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