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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Cartloads to the cemetery

🖼 Cartloads to the cemetery, 1812-15
Etching and aquatint
155 × 205 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Shadowy figures load corpses onto carts under murky skies, rendered in Goya's dark, expressionistic brushwork. This haunting scene captures the brutality of mass death, likely referencing Spain's devastating conflicts, and exemplifies Goya's shift toward psychological horror and social critique.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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