Francisco de Goya
This is what you were born for (Para eso habeis nacido) from the series Disasters of War (Desastres de la Guerra)

This is what you were born for (Para eso habeis nacido) from the series Disasters of War (Desastres de la Guerra)

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This is what you were born for (Para eso habeis nacido) from the series Disasters of War (Desastres de la Guerra)
ArtistSpanish, 1746–1828
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • This is what you were born for (Para eso habeis nacido) from the series Disasters of War (Desastres de la Guerra)
Date1810–1820/1863
PlaceSpain
MediumEtching with aquatint
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (17.1 × 23.5 cm)
 Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 in. (23.5 × 33 cm)
 Frame: 14 5/8 × 17 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (37.1 × 44.7 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1979.34
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Francisco de Goya, Disasters of War," Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan, March 13–April 27, 2003.

"The Plains of Mars: European War Prints, 1500-1825," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 1–April 26, 2009.

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De que sirve una taza? (What good is a single cup?) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
De que sirve una taza? (What good is a single cup?) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.81
Qué alboroto es este? (What is this hubbub?) from the series Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)
Francisco de Goya
Qué alboroto es este? (What is this hubbub?) from the series Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.87
Que locura! (What madness!) from the series Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)
Francisco de Goya
Que locura! (What madness!) from the series Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.90
What courage! (Que valor!) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
What courage! (Que valor!) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
1810–1820/1863
Etching with aquatint
BF.1979.29
What more can one do? (Qué hai que hacer mas?) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
What more can one do? (Qué hai que hacer mas?) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.55
It serves you right (Bien te se está) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
It serves you right (Bien te se está) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.28
Ravages of war (Estragos de la guerra) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
Ravages of war (Estragos de la guerra) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.52
Las camas de la muerte (The deathbeds) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
Las camas de la muerte (The deathbeds) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.84
Si son de otro linage (Perhaps they are of another breed) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
Si son de otro linage (Perhaps they are of another breed) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.83
Muertos recogidos (A collection of dead men) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
Muertos recogidos (A collection of dead men) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.85
No hay que dar voces (It is no use shouting) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
No hay que dar voces (It is no use shouting) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.80
Sanos y enfermos (The sound and the sick) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
Sanos y enfermos (The sound and the sick) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.79