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On a portable rostrum, Saint Dominic and six other judges preside over the auto-da-fe in which some Albigensian heretics are being judged, representing a well-known episode in his biography. Beside him, another figure holds the banner with the floral cross, an attribute of Saint Dominic. Some of the accused are already being burned, while two others, in the foreground, await their turn, wearing th
Wearing a penitent´s hood, a woman condemned by the Inquisition rides a burro, receiving the insults of those observing this street scene. Executed with rapid and impasto brushstrokes favors, this work is inspired by scenes of inquisitorial condemnations painted by Goya, who was an exceptional witness to them. Lucas, however, could not have been a direct witness to this type of events as the inqui
Wearing a penitent´s hood, a man condemned by the Inquisition rides a burro, receiving the insults of those observing this street scene. Executed with rapid and impasto brushstrokes favors, this work is inspired by scenes of inquisitorial condemnations painted by Goya, who was an exceptional witness to them. Lucas, however, could not have been a direct witness to this type of events as the inquisi
Many of the drawings from what is known as Album C show prisoners tortured and condemned by the Inquisition. Specifically, the drawings from plates 85 through 114 offer a critical overview consistent with the ideas that Juan Antonio Llorente (1756-1823) expressed in his historical studies of the Spanish Inquisition, which led to its reform and posterior elimination. Goya painted that clergyman’s p
Goya ha reproducido en esta estampa un Autillo o penitencia pública, y el sentido de su título, indica claramente que ha querido satirizar las actividades de la Inquisición y las costumbres que ésta engendra en el pueblo. En la escena se representa a una mujer sentada en una grada o banquillo encima de un tablado con sambenito y coroza, la cabeza caída sobre el pecho en ademán de avergonzado, y al
