Etching of a winged demon with horned heads perched atop a heap of sacks, with a crouching figure below and a small horned figure at right.

Against the Common Good, plate 71, The Disasters of War

A winged, bat-eared creature with horned heads looms over a heap of large sacks, with a crouching figure at its base and a small horned figure at right. Hills and a dim landscape fill the background, and the caption "Contra el bien general" sits below the image in this etching.

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Date: 1815/20, published 1863
Medium: Etching and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1202 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of J. C. Cebrian

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