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Disasters of War 32
Why? (Por qué?) Disasters of War 32

Why? (Por qué?)
Disasters of War 32

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1811–1812
Medium/TechniqueEtching and direct etching or fine grain aquatint (working proof)
DimensionsPlatemark: 15.7 x 20.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 20.1 x 30.2 cm (7 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1656
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper left in black ink: 8; upper right twice in graphite pencil: 32.Provenance1863, sold by Valentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid, to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co. and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19