# God save us from such a bitter fate; a bandit threatening a woman and a child with a knife, page 41 from the "Black Border Album" (E), in Neoclassicism

Francisco Goya drew this in about 1816–20, aged about 65. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A bandit raises a knife over a terrified woman and her child, and Goya’s caption pleads, “God save us from such a bitter fate.” The drawing comes from the so-called Black Border Album, one of the private albums Goya filled late in life, named for the black ink borders framing each page.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1816–20
- Medium: Brush, carbon black gray ink and was, scraper
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (26.6 × 18.7 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 35.103.50
- 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

- [More by Francisco Goya](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/francisco-goya?hang=749) (12 works)
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