La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento (The Custody of a Criminal Does Not Call for Torture

c. 1810

Francisco Goya

Associated Names
Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

The image depicts a profile view of a standing person. The individual is leaning slightly forward with their head lowered. The face is obscured by long, dark hair. They wear a loose, tattered long-sleeved garment and are barefoot, with their lower legs and feet secured in wooden stocks. The background shows a dark, textured wall with a grid-like pattern, suggesting a confined space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and burin [trial proof printed posthumously before 1859]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.41

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 27, State II (trial proof/posthumous)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

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

Wikidata ID

Q65223732

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