No se convienen from "Desastres de la Guerra"
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Object Label
Ten examples are shown here from The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra), a series of 82 etchings made by Goya between 1810 and 1820 that highlight the violence and suffering that Spain experienced during the Peninsular War (1808–14) against Napoleon. The first edition was published in 1863, after Goya’s death.
The set is divided into three parts: the first half focuses on the brutality of the war itself; prints 48 to 64 depict the famine caused by the war; and the rest are allegories of societal ills that befell Spain during and after the war, such as corruption and existential angst.
The set is divided into three parts: the first half focuses on the brutality of the war itself; prints 48 to 64 depict the famine caused by the war; and the rest are allegories of societal ills that befell Spain during and after the war, such as corruption and existential angst.
Caption
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828). No se convienen from "Desastres de la Guerra", 1811–1813. Etching, before aquatint on laid paper, Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 15/16 in. (13.7 x 20.2 cm) Image: 5 1/8 x 7 11/16 in. (13 x 19.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 38.155.
Gallery
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Gallery
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Title
No se convienen from "Desastres de la Guerra"
Date
1811–1813
Medium
Etching, before aquatint on laid paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 15/16 in. (13.7 x 20.2 cm) Image: 5 1/8 x 7 11/16 in. (13 x 19.5 cm)
Markings
Unidentified collector's mark on back in violet colored ink.
Credit Line
By exchange
Accession Number
38.155
Frequent Art Questions
What is aquatint?
Aquatint etching is a process for creating velvety fields of tone in a print.To create an aquatint etching, the copper plate is covered with a fine powder of resin that is then heated so that it sticks to the plate, Protecting tiny dots of copper all over the etching plate. The plate can then be etched, and only the little spaces between the dusting of rosin are eaten away. Ink can then fill these spaces, creating solid planes of black or grey!How many prints of the Goya's Disasters of War etchings were made?
There are 82 plates total in the Disasters of War series, though some scholars count only 80 of them.While I can't yet provide an exact number, it looks like about 1000 impressions of each plate in The Disasters of War have been made, though every edition does not include all the plates.Thanks!
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