Plate 35 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'One Can't Tell Why' (No se puede saber por qué)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Disasters of War
Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Artist bio: Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Spanish
Date: ca. 1810 (published 1863)
Medium: Etching, burnished lavis, drypoint, burin
Dimensions: Plate: 6 × 8 in. (15.3 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (25.1 × 34.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Sadness|Men|Punishment