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Etching of tangled bodies and broken timber in a heap, one figure thrown upward, with a fallen ladder and debris in a dark, hatched setting.

Ravages of War, plate 30, The Disasters of War

An etching from Goya's Disasters of War series shows a tangled heap of bodies and broken timber beneath a crumbling wall. A figure is flung upward at the top while others sprawl below, with a fallen ladder and debris scattered across the dark, hatched ground.

Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Date
1810/11, published 1863
Medium
Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1186 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1863).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

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