A woman attacking a sleeping man; page 87 from the 'Images of Spain' album (F) –20 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish Here, a woman raises an ax to behead a supine peasant, who is perhaps resting from work in the fields. We cannot determine the reason for the attack, but the blankly determined face of the aggressor—who roughly evokes Death carrying a scythe—might signal retribution. The drawing manifests Goya’s unique ability to suggest sequence by indirectly condensing time. While omitting the culminating moment of the blade’s impact, he alludes to it: the logs parallel to th

A woman attacking a sleeping man; page 87 from the 'Images of Spain' album (F) –20 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish Here, a woman raises an ax to behead a supine peasant, who is perhaps resting from work in the fields. We cannot determine the reason for the attack, but the blankly determined face of the aggressor—who roughly evokes Death carrying a scythe—might signal retribution. The drawing manifests Goya’s unique ability to suggest sequence by indirectly condensing time. While omitting the culminating moment of the blade’s impact, he alludes to it: the logs parallel to the man’s body evoke the act of chopping, and the cloud of dust raised by the woman’s abrupt movement conjures the effect of blood A woman attacking a sleeping man; page 87 from the 'Images of Spain' album (F). Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux). –20. Brush, brown ink washes, traces of black chalk, on laid paper. Drawings

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