The Garroted Man / Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.4
- Title
- The Garroted Man
- Artist Nationality
- Spanish
- Artist Life Dates
- 1746-1828
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1778-1780
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 33 cm x 21.1 cm (13 in. x 8 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- A man in a white robe is seated with his back against a wooden post. In his hands he holds a crucifix; the scene is illuminated by a large candlestick at the left of the image.
- Subject Matter
- One of Goya's first prints, and one not included in any of his published series such as the "Caprichos" or "Proverbios", this harsh scene depicts a man executed by strangulation, a form of capital punishment in Spain.
- A drawing in the British Museum seems to have been used as a template for the print, as there are clear tracing marks, and seems to have been the only instance of Goya tracing a drawing for use in making a print (see Tomás Harris, "Goya, Engravings and Lithographs", San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1983, p. 41.)
- Secondary Keywords
- candles and candleholders
- crosses
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- how we live
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- rites of passage
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 785 x 1187
- File Size
- 175 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.4
- Link to this Item
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"The Garroted Man; Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.4/1963_2.4.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
