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Fiero Monstruo! (Fierce Monster!) (Desastres de la Guerra 81)

Francisco Goyac.1814/1815 - 1815

Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

This work was created in conjunction with Goya’s famous series of prints themed around the horrors of war (Los Desastres de la Guerra). Indeed, it might be seen as a kind of visual summary of the various acts of barbarism depicted in the series. War is here portrayed as a fierce dog, the immense size of which means human lives have no chance of surviving or finding meaning. The dramatic imagery leaves no doubt as to its message: war results in humankind and humanity going, as it were, to the dogs.

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  • Title: Fiero Monstruo! (Fierce Monster!) (Desastres de la Guerra 81)
  • Creator: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
  • Date: c.1814/1815 - 1815
  • Physical Dimensions: w30.0 x h25.3 cm
  • Type: Print
  • Medium: Etching, dry point and copperplate
  • Inv.-No.: 195-1914
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-018511
  • External Link: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Atelier Schneider │ Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Dagmar Korbacher
  • Collection: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  • Artist Gender: Male
  • Artist Dates: 30.03.1746 - 16.04.1828
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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