# The Hanged Monk, in 19th-century Spain

Francisco Goya painted this in about 1810, aged about 59. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> A monk hangs lifeless in a desolate mountain setting in this small panel, painted around 1810, when the Peninsular War was tearing Spain apart. In these years Goya made a number of small pictures for himself, alongside the etchings later published as The Disasters of War, recording cruelty committed by all sides.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1810
- Medium: Oil on panel
- Dimensions: 31 × 39.2 cm (12 3/16 × 15 5/16 in.); Framed: 48.3 × 56.2 × 6.7 cm (19 × 22 1/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1936.225
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Francisco Goya](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francisco-goya), Spanish, 1746–1828

Goya began with tapestry designs for the royal factory in Madrid and rose to become first painter to the Spanish court under Charles IV. After a serious illness left him deaf in the 1790s, his work grew darker and more personal.

12 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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