Plate 12 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'This is what you were born for' (Para eso habeis nacido)
ca. 1810 (published 1863)
Medium
Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin
Dimensions
Plate: 6 7/16 × 9 1/4 in. (16.4 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (25.2 × 34.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922
Accession Number
22.60.25(12)
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About this artwork
This Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) from ca. 1810 (published 1863) exemplifies historical artistic production through its materials, techniques, and aesthetic approach. Created within specific cultural and historical contexts, works like this reflect both individual artistic vision and broader patterns of workshop practice, patron expectations, and prevailing aesthetic theories. The medium of Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin required specialized knowledge ...
About the Artist
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 1746–1828
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker considered the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Rising from modest provincial origins to become First Court Painter to Charles IV, Goya's career spanned the Enlightenment's optimism and the brutal Napoleonic invasion that shattered it. A mysterious illness in 1793 left him permanently deaf and ...