Painting of a hooded friar in a brown cloak holding a bound man in blue on the ground, blood pooling beside them, with a musket in the foreground and a struggle near a house.

Friar Pedro Binds El Maragato with a Rope

A hooded friar in a brown cloak embraces a seated man in a blue jacket and yellow breeches, binding him with a rope while blood pools on the ground. A musket lies in the foreground, and a violent struggle unfolds in the distance beside a whitewashed house.

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Date: c. 1806
Medium: Oil on panel
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1241 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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