Plate 12 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'This is what you were born for' (Para eso habeis nacido)
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, 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
Credit line: Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Wars|Men|Death