Plate 10 from ‘The Disasters of War’ (Los Desastres de la Guerra): ‘Nor [do these] either.’ (Tampoco.)

Description

Francisco Goya’s Nor Do These Either depicts soldiers assaulting women in a dark outdoor setting. Bodies twist together in a close, difficult struggle; a woman in the foreground is pulled into an anguished position by an armed man. Her lighter clothing makes her sharply visible against the surrounding darkness. The scene offers no detached overview, only the force of a confrontation unfolding at close range.

Plate 10 of The Disasters of War belongs to a sequence exposing violence against women during conflict. Its brief title links one act of resistance and suffering to another, refusing to treat the scene as an isolated exception. Goya’s dense etched background and compressed figures concentrate attention on vulnerability and coercion. The women remain active participants in the struggle, even as the imbalance of power makes the encounter deeply disturbing.

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