The Beds of Death, plate 62 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1812–1815
- Medium
- Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Dimensions
- Image: 14.7 × 19 cm (5 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Plate: 17.5 × 22 cm (6 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24 × 33.9 cm (9 1/2 × 13 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
warprintprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)
About
Despair and helplessness are symbolized by the central figure in this image, who mourns the dead and shrouded victims littering the enclosure.
