About this artwork
Eight convicted and garroted victims share a platform. Suspended from cords around their necks and resting against their chests are the weapons they carried when they were arrested by the French army. For Spaniards, being caught carrying a weapon of any kind was a capital offense.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
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Title
- One Can't Tell Why, plate 35 from The Disasters of War
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Place
- Spain (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1812–1815
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Medium
- Etching, burnished lavis, drypoint and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
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Dimensions
- Image: 12.9 × 18 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 20.9 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of J. C. Cebrian
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Reference Number
- 1920.1340
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/124882/manifest.json