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What a Great Deed! With Corpses! (Grande hazaña! Con muertos!) Disasters of War 39

What a Great Deed! With Corpses! (Grande hazaña! Con muertos!)
Disasters of War 39

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1811–1812
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnishing, and direct etching (working proof)
DimensionsPlatemark: 15.6 x 20.8 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 19 x 30.5 cm (7 1/2 x 12 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1663
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper right in black crayon: 39; lower left, in etching: Goya
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)
No se puede mirar. (One can't look.); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 26.
No se puede mirar. (One can't look.); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 26.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1811–1812
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1811-12
Caridad. (Charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 27.
Caridad. (Charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 27.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1810
Banderillas with Firecrackers (Banderillas de fuego) Tauromaquia 31
Banderillas with Firecrackers (Banderillas de fuego)
Tauromaquia 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1815
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or Wrongly); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 2
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or Wrongly); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 2
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1811-1812, published 1863
Que valor! (What courage!); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 7.
Que valor! (What courage!); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 7.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1811–1812
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19
Image Not Available for Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, mounted in a bound album
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, mounted in a bound album
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811- 12; this set printed about 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863
No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1811–1812
Lo mismo. (Likewise); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 3.
Lo mismo. (Likewise); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 3.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1811-1812
Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the Bloody War in Spain Against Bonaparte [Disasters of War], plate 6.
Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the Bloody War in Spain Against Bonaparte [Disasters of War], plate 6.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 4.
Las mugeres dan valor. (The women give courage); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 4.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-1812