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Description: | Printed GIOVANNI BUFFA PINX. ALFIERI & LACROIX ED-MILANO in Roman type at left and right-hand corners directly below
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image: In the foreground of the composition, a mound of mainly naked bodies, mostly women and children. The mound is
dominated by a large female figure, lying with her arms stretched back over her head which is hidden by her hair. Her wrists have been
tied together; her stomach has been run through by a cavalry sabre, the massive hilt of which projects from the wound. Immediately above
this scene, in the middle distance, stands a monumental German siege howitzer, its erect smoking muzzle pointing skywards to the top left
of the composition. In the background, an impressionist view of ruined buildings and general devastation. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Execution Allegory Death satirical Landscape Torture artist's response children looting / destruction Artillery nudes propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Buffa, Giovanni | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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