Francisco GOYA y Lucientes

The rope is breaking
(Que se rompe la cuerda)
(c. 1810-1820); published 1863
plate 77 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863

Medium

etching, aquatint, lavis, burnisher, drypoint and burin

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

etching, aquatint, lavis, burnisher, drypoint and burin

Measurements

24.4 × 33.2 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

Madrid, Spain

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Harris 197.III.1

Edition

1st edition

Printing/Publishing

published by Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid

Inscription

printed in ink below image Que se rompe la cuerda
printed in ink 77

Accession Number

1684-5

Department

International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

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Francisco GOYA y Lucientes

The rope is breaking
(Que se rompe la cuerda)
(c. 1810-1820); published 1863
plate 77 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863

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Francisco GOYA y Lucientes The rope is breaking (Que se rompe la cuerda) (c. 1810-1820); published 1863 plate 77 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863

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Francisco GOYA y Lucientes

The rope is breaking
(Que se rompe la cuerda)
(c. 1810-1820); published 1863
plate 77 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863