This is Worse, plate 37 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1812–1815
- Medium
- Etching, lavis and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Dimensions
- Image: 13.9 × 18.5 cm (5 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 20.8 cm (6 1/16 × 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
Ever-increasing violence is on display in this horrific scene. A trial proof of this print bears the inscription, “The one at Chinchón,” suggesting that the artist witnessed this scene of human barbarity.
