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To The Cemetary (Al cementerio), plate 56 from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerre)

To The Cemetary (Al cementerio), plate 56 from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerre)

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Goya’s series of images wasn’t printed until after his death, most likely because it portrays the war between Spain and France as more horrible than heroic. Goya seems to have felt that this sentiment would damage his reputation with patrons at the Spanish court.
Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
(Spanish, 1746 - 1828)
Title
To The Cemetary (Al cementerio), plate 56 from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerre)
Date
etched 1810-1815, printed 1863
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
6 1/16 x 8 1/16 in. image
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1986.264
Classification
Prints
Geography
Spain

Related

To 1986, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); November 1986, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Harris, Tomas. "Goya Engravings and Lithographs." San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1983.

  • Taking Sides: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 6/10/2017–10/15/2017
  • Loaded Image, The: Printmaking as Persuasion: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/18/2011–10/30/2011
  • Recent Acquisitions [1987]: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 6/20/1987–8/16/1987

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