Plate 30 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Ravages of War' (Estragos de la guerra)
The incident unfolds in an instant: a building collapses due to an explosion, and its occupants plunge to the ground. Several details poignantly signal the sudden interruption of normal life, such as the fashionable armchair atop a fallen section of the floor, and the mother embracing the child she was just breastfeeding. Goya re-created this tumultuous interior as if observed at close range from within. The image graphically translates the disintegration of order produced by the blast, which the artist simulates having witnessed.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 30 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Ravages of War' (Estragos de la guerra)
- Series/Portfolio: The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
- Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
- Date: 1810
- Medium: Etching, drypoint, burin, burnisher
- Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/2 × 6 11/16 in. (14 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (31.5 x 21.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
- Object Number: 32.62.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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