Dark etching of a figure sprawled on the ground beside a heap of cloth or wood, with dense foliage and a pale sky behind.

Nothing. The Event Will Tell, Disasters of War plate 69

A dark etching shows a figure sprawled on the ground at right, partly covered by a heap of cloth or wood, with a lighter patch of sky and dense foliage behind. Soft, shadowy tones from burnished aquatint and drypoint create a wartime scene, plate 69 of Goya's Disasters of War series.

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Date: 1812/20, published 1863
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint, and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1202 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1863).
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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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