Companion of the work The Bonfire (P07111). Scenes of this type are commonly found in nineteenth-century paintings inspired by Goya. The artist’s followers looked to his most cruel, violent compositions such as Cannibals (Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts) or the scenes of attacks by bandits (Marqués de la Romana collection). The rendition of the anatomies, their particular expressiveness, and the way the objects and the fire are painted, are a long way from Goya’s technical perfection.