No Hay Quien Los Socorra (Nobody Can Help Them)

1810/1820, printed later

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

The image shows a group of figures in distress on a barren landscape. The textured background conveys a sense of desolation and bleakness. The figures appear weary and despairing, some lying on the ground while one stands cloaked in a shroud, evoking solitude and helplessness. The composition emphasizes the stark reality of their situation, with muted, earthy tones contributing to the somber mood.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint with burin and burnishing on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John E. Stocker

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.4 x 21.8 cm (6 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 x 23.2 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.125.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 180, State iii/iii

  • Series Title

    Los Desastres de la Guerra (plate 60)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Creighton-Davis Gallery, Washington, D.C.); John Stocker, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1964

  • Harris, Tomás. Goya: engravings and lithographs. 2 vols. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at upper left: 60; in plate, at lower left: 31; in plate, below image, at center: No hay quien los socorra.; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q76339999

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