Revenge on Constable Lampiños; page 86 from the 'Images of Spain' album (F) ca. 1812–20 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish The story of revenge depicted here might have been inspired by an episode that occurred in Goya’s hometown of Zaragoza in the mid-eighteenth century, which the artist could have learned about as a child. The composition, organized around a melee of bodies and faces seen from an unusual viewpoint, enhances the main narrative: it emphasizes the singular act of a woman injecting a lethal substance into the victim’s anus while her companions restrain him. Goya left b
Revenge on Constable Lampiños; page 86 from the 'Images of Spain' album (F) ca. 1812–20 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish The story of revenge depicted here might have been inspired by an episode that occurred in Goya’s hometown of Zaragoza in the mid-eighteenth century, which the artist could have learned about as a child. The composition, organized around a melee of bodies and faces seen from an unusual viewpoint, enhances the main narrative: it emphasizes the singular act of a woman injecting a lethal substance into the victim’s anus while her companions restrain him. Goya left blank the upper part of the sheet so he could include a lengthy explanation, uncommon to drawings from this Revenge on Constable Lampiños; page 86 from the 'Images of Spain' album (F) 334049
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