One Can't Tell Why, plate 35 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1812–1815
- Medium
- Etching, burnished lavis, drypoint and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Dimensions
- Image: 12.9 × 18 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 20.9 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
warprintprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)
About
Eight convicted and garroted victims share a platform. Suspended from cords around their necks and resting against their chests are the weapons they carried when they were arrested by the French army. For Spaniards, being caught carrying a weapon of any kind was a capital offense.
