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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Fall (La Caída)

🖼 The Fall (La Caída), 1786-87
Oil on canvas
169 × 100 cm

Violent motion captures a figure tumbling downward, limbs splayed against dark earth tones rendered with gestural urgency. Goya's psychological intensity transforms a simple fall into existential commentary on human vulnerability and fate's indifference.

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