The Horrors of War: I Saw It

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Horrors of War: I Saw It

Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871

Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
etching
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
c. 1810–20

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Goya titled this print simply "I Saw It," a claim that transforms etching into testimony. Made around 1810 to 1820 during the Peninsular War, it shows a figure in a pale dress dragging a small child across open ground while panicked crowds press together behind them and men crouch urgently at the left. This is plate 44 from "The Disasters of War," a series so brutal it was not published until 35 years after Goya's death. That insistence on eyewitness truth makes it one of the earliest and most powerful artistic indictments of war's cost to ordinary people.

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A man in a tricorn hat and coat is being pushed away by a woman in a white dress while holding a child.

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Object ID
104437
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Francisco de Goya
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Spain
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
etching
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • Latine and Hispanic Artists
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Date
c. 1810–20
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1810
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1820
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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The Horrors of War: I Saw It

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