Illustration for 'Die Schrecken des Krieges'
Draughtsman: Goez, Gottfried Bernhardt
Illustration for plate VI of Goez's 'The Horrors of War', conceived under the influence of the Wars of Austrian Succession. The Inscription on the bottom of the print for which this is the preparatory drawing can be translated thus: The God of Hell, Pluto, is full of shame and at the same time is afraid because of the flame which Mars makes on Earth; and he believes that a completely new Hell is created in his own Hell, because the fire makes so much noise.
Height: 284 mm
Width: 190 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Brangwyn, Frank
Production date: AD 1742
Other drawings for this series are in Nuremberg [plate I]; Berlin, private collection [plate III]; Munich [plate IV]; sold Sotheby's 25 April 1978, lot 45 [plate V]; Berlin, Kunstbibliothek [plate VII]
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen, brown ink, grey wash, on paper (reverse rubbed, in red, as for engraving
Accession number: 2784A
Primary reference Number: 5835
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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