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

Nothing. The event will tell

1812-20
Etching and aquatint, 155 x 200 mm
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This is Plate 69 from the series The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra).

This etching plays on the hope that, after death, we shall finally learn the truth. Goya shows a corpse raising itself back out of the tomb. It points to a piece of paper, on which is written "Nada" - "Nothing".