Plate 64 from 'The Disasters of War' (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Cartloads to the cemetery.' (Carretadas al cementerio.) 1811-12 (published 1863) Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish This is the last in a group of prints Goya devoted to Madrids 1811-12 famine—a result of failed crops, abandoned fields, and interrupted food supply lines—during which an estimated 15 percent of the citys population died. Offsetting the generic anonymity suggested by the piling up and mass disposal of bodies, Goya sought to preserve the dignity of the individual in this print. He relied on time-honored models for representing the principal figure; the detail of her dangling arm is a common trope in the Christian tradition that recurs in scenes of the Passion of Christ.. Plate 64 from 'The Disasters of War' (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Cartloads to the cemetery.' (Carretadas al cementerio.) 381379
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