A Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!, plate 39 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: 13.8 × 18.7 cm (5 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 20.5 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 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
This harrowing image mocks any notion of the possibility of heroic or admirable consequences of war. Yet much later, Vargi Aivazian of the TASS Window studio turned horror into humor by using this very image as inspiration for his sardonic TASS 634, Holiday Tree Ornaments.
