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From: The Village Voice | Date: May 28, 2008| Author: Baker, R C | Copyright information

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Francisco De Goya: "Los Desastras de Ia Guerra"

Peter Blum

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Heads They Lose

Decapitations. Impalements. Stabbings. Hangings. Point-blank firing squads. Francisco de Goya ( 1746-1828) was more than 60 years old and ailing when he embarked on a series of 85 small etchings depicting Spain's war against Napoleon's invading army. It was this struggle, from 1808 to 1814, that birthed the term "...

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The Independent - London ; Madrid -Workers renovating a Madrid government building have stumbled upon a previously unknown painting by Francisco de Goya. Prado Museum curators confirmed the painting, which depicts souls in purgatory and religious figures, is a Goya. AP