This is Worse, plate 37 from The Disasters of War

Description

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.

This is Worse, plate 37 from The Disasters of War

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

1812/15, published 1863

Accession Number

124884

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.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of J. C. Cebrian