Art Institute of Chicago

Rabble, plate 28 from The Disasters of War

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

1814/20, published 1863

Attribution

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Spanish, 1746-1828

Medium

Etching, lavis, drypoint, burnishing and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges

Physical dimensions

Image: 14.8 × 19.7 cm (5 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 17.5 × 22 cm (6 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

Credit line

Gift of J. C. Cebrian

From the museum

Onlookers witness the brutal violation of a bound and hapless victim by the rabble.

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