GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de
(b. 1746, Fuendetodos, d. 1828, Bordeaux)

May the rope break

1815-20
Etching and aquatint, 175 x 220 mm
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This is Plate 77 from the series The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra).

The Pope balances above the heads of the crowd. The hope that the rope might break was not fulfilled.