Cleveland Museum of Art
The Horrors of War: May the Cord Break
Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871
- Date
- c. 1810–20
- Medium
- etching and aquatint
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104470
From LinkedCulture
A robed cleric flings his arms wide above a surging mob, pikes pressing in from both sides and a mass of open mouths pushing forward beneath him. This etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, made around 1810 to 1820, is part of his Disasters of War series, a private reckoning with the Napoleonic invasion of Spain. Goya never published it in his lifetime, and the world did not see this indictment of war, religion, and mob violence until 35 years after his death.
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A man in a flowing robe is being pulled by a rope across a crowd.
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