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And This Is Why His House Burns by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes — VisualArtsDB

And This Is Why His House Burns

And This Is Why His House Burns

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Medium: Etching and aquatint
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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spanish

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Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid, and death of the mayor of Torrejón, plate 21 from The Art of Bullfighting

Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid, and death of the mayor of Torrejón, plate 21 from The Art of Bullfighting

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1814

A Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!, plate 39 from The Disasters of War

A Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!, plate 39 from The Disasters of War

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Who Would Have Believed It?

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They Carried Her Off!, plate eight from Los Caprichos

They Carried Her Off!, plate eight from Los Caprichos

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He Defends Himself Well

He Defends Himself Well

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De que mal morira?

De que mal morira?

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¿No hay quien nos desate?

¿No hay quien nos desate?

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Buen viage

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The Moors make a different play in the ring calling the bull with their burnous, plate six from The Art of Bullfighting

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Hobgoblins

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Andarse por las ramas (To go amongst the Branches, i.e., to Talk through one's Hat)

Andarse por las ramas (To go amongst the Branches, i.e., to Talk through one's Hat)

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Devota profesion

Devota profesion

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