Cleveland Museum of Art
The Horrors of War: Title Page - Sad Forebodings of What is Going to Happen
Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871
- Date
- c. 1810–20
- Medium
- etching
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104204
From LinkedCulture
This is not a battle scene. It is a single figure, arms outstretched, robes glowing pale against an almost entirely black void, overwhelmed by dread before anything has even happened. Goya created this etching around 1810 to 1820 as the opening plate of his Disasters of War series, and its caption translates to "Sad forebodings of what is going to happen." The series was so politically charged it remained unpublished for thirty-five years after his death, making this image of quiet anguish one of the most delayed warnings in art history.
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A figure in a dark, stormy landscape extends their arms outward.
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- Dudley P. Allen Fund
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