Plate 59 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'What is the use of a cup?' ( De qué sirve una taza?), Francisco de Goya

Plate 59 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'What is the use of a cup?' ( De qué sirve una taza?)

Plate 59 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'What is the use of a cup?' ( De qué sirve una taza?) (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish) (1746-1828)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1811–1812
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, wash
Dimensions: 15.3 × 20.3 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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