Francisco de Goya

Infamous profit

Clasificación
Infamous profit
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1810
Dimensiones
160 x 220 mm
Técnica y soporte
Aguafuerte, punta seca y buril
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Undisputed work
Ficha: realización/revisión
13 Jan 2011 / 01 Jun 2023
Inventario
225
Historia

See Sad forebodings of what is to come..

We know of only one proof of this engraving, as Goya discarded the plate, probably due to technical imperfections. Perhaps it was one of the first engravings in the series and he felt more insecure.

This proof belonged to Valentín Carderera, later became part of the Stirling collection and was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1951.

Análisis artístico

In the interior of a somewhat inconcrete space in which part of an arch can be seen, although it could also be a cave, a group of French soldiers struggle with some men who are defending the women who are accompanying them. On the left of the engraving a French soldier holds a sword, while in the centre a woman with her back to him in a white dress watches as a French soldier tries to kill a man. In the background a female figure pleads for help.

Although we do not know where in the Disasters of War serie in which the print Infamous Profit was placed, it is likely that it was among the prints dealing with the horrors of war. It may have been very close to engravings no. 13, Bitter Presence and no. 19 and There is No Time, in which Goya has depicted scenes in which women are being defended by men seeking to prevent rape.

Exposiciones
  • Ydioma universal: Goya en la Biblioteca Nacional
    Biblioteca Nacional
    Madrid
    1996
    from September 19th to December 15th 1996
Bibliografía
  • SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN. Francisco Javier
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1954
    n. 151
  • HARRIS, Tomás
    Goya engravings and lithographs, vol. I y II.
    OxfordBruno Cassirer
    1964
    cat. 203
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    cat. 1140
  • WILSON BAREAU, Juliet
    Goya. In the Norton Simon Museum
    PasadenaNorton Simon Museum
    2016
    pp. 114-151
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