Art Institute of Chicago
May the cord break, plate 77 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
- Date
- 1815/20, published 1863
- Medium
- Etching, burnished aquatint or lavis, and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
As in the nearby Charlatan’s Show , Goya here depicted a member of the Roman Catholic clergy in a critical light. A frocked priest walks a tightrope to keep his congregation distracted from the richness of his attire and its disparity with their rags. With his arms spread to maintain balance, he looks like a swooping bird of prey.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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