Cleveland Museum of Art
The Horrors of War: They Can Still Be of Use
Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871
- Date
- c. 1810–20
- Medium
- etching
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104416
From LinkedCulture
Goya made this etching in secret, knowing it was too dangerous to publish. Plate 72 from his Disasters of War series, made in Spain around 1810 to 1820, shows a tangle of soldiers and civilians in desperate motion, one man arching his head back in exhaustion or despair while others drag and carry around him. The caption reads "They can still be of use," and that bitter irony is the entire point. This series became a founding document of modern anti-war art precisely because Goya refused to look away.
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A group of people in traditional attire is engaged in a chaotic scene, possibly a fight or struggle, in a rugged outdoor setting.
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