About this artwork
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.
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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
- This is Worse, plate 37 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, lavis and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
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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.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of J. C. Cebrian
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Reference Number
- 1920.1342
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/124884/manifest.json