# May the rope break

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Etching and aquatint, 175 x 220 mm

## Commentary

This is Plate 77 from the series The Disasters of War \(Los desastres de la guerra\). The Pope balances above the heads of the crowd. The hope that the rope might break was not fulfilled.

## Related artworks

- [A Lunatic behind Bars](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-lunatic-behind-bars-r89e78f85b1b8ed>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-detail-r187d2fea23a2d9>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-detail-r752f4664e155b9>)
- [A Pilgrimage to San Isidro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-pilgrimage-to-san-isidro-rbda121865cf8f6>)
- [A Prison Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-prison-scene-re4f8958d82de77>)
- [A Procession of Flagellants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-procession-of-flagellants-r7c560e795cac25>)
- [A Village Bullfight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-village-bullfight-rdd15ebb7ed309e>)
- [A Walk in Andalusia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/a-walk-in-andalusia-rcb626cc9de4532>)
- [Allegory of the City of Madrid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/allegory-of-the-city-of-madrid-r288dedf8b0771f>)
- [As far back as his grandfather](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/as-far-back-as-his-grandfather-rfac623d10249eb>)
- [Asmodea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/asmodea-r6c93cbf3f5c8f2>)
- [Atropos \(The Fates\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goya-y-lucientes-francisco-de-r6b6a8d544225f4/atropos-the-fates-rf49a44788cb39d>)

## Attribution

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