Against the common good

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"Against the common good" is one of Francisco Goya’s etchings from his anti-war series *The Disasters of War*, depicting the brutality and moral corruption wrought by conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf etching
print
artForm printmaking
artHistoricalSignificance important example of early anti-war imagery
collection various museum and private collections
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Francisco Goya
creatorNationality Spanish
depicts abuse of power
moral corruption
oppression of civilians
suffering
victims of war
violence
war
genre history print
war art
hasType black-and-white print
inception circa 1810
influencedBy Napoleonic invasion of Spain
atrocities of the Peninsular War
languageOfInscription Spanish
mainSubject brutality of war
medium ink on paper
moralPerspective condemnation of war’s impact on society
movement Romanticism
originalTitle Contra el bien general
partOf Los Caprichos
surface form: Goya’s graphic works

The Disasters of War
publicationDate 1863
publisher Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
series The Disasters of War
seriesCompletion circa 1820
seriesCreator Francisco Goya
seriesInception circa 1810
seriesNumberOfWorks 82
seriesTitle Los desastres de la guerra
technique burin
burnished aquatint
drypoint
etching
theme anti-war
critique of political authority
human cruelty
timePeriodDepicted Peninsular War

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The Disasters of War hasPart Against the common good