The Consequences, plate 72 from The Disasters of War
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1815–1820
- Medium
- Etching on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
- Dimensions
- Image: 14.4 × 18.8 cm (5 11/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Plate: 17.5 × 21.5 cm (6 15/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 24 × 33.7 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
warprintprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)
About
In this etching a flock of vulturelike creatures—animal-human hybrids— feasts on the body of a moribund victim, symbolizing the consequences of the war for Spain after the restoration of the monarchy.
