Anyone know this image?

Bought this nearly a year ago and just unpacked it finally. Wondering if anyone is familiar with the image?

 

Can hardly see it. Assume it's not signed. Would you be kind enough to post a close-up, image only? And... anything on the back?

Debora

 

No sig, no nothing. It’s a relatively modern framing. Hopefully this is a bit easier to see. I thought maybe it was a page from a book. Could be wrong on that.

 

Is it a woman with... beast or man? dog or donkey?

Debora

 

Woman with what I thought was a beastly man (unkempt/rough) and a pig. Could be a dog.

 

THAT is a VERY TOUGH one to decipher!!!! Here's the best I could do with it, by removing the color.....and all sorts of things.....MIND YOU, I am guessing, but just saw @J Dagger seems to be pretty well hitting it!! But I DO think there is some writing both on the left AND right.....although very small......wait....let me mark where before I post.....almost looks like a cat in the basket too, and a flag up behind the pig's head (corkscrew-ish tail)! OK, that's all I've got! HA! Woman has her right hand on man's shoulder....he DOES look strange....I thought one legged at first, but now see both legs.....he may have a stump for left hand....She's apparently some sort of Guardian Angel....NOW I think that's all I've got.... well....the LEFT red line may be just grass, but looks like it's a Siggy on the right starting with 'A'..... @J Dagger if you have a good magnifier???? ONE MORE question.....is it pen and ink????

 

Nice work! She definitely seems to be an angel or saint. I think you’re correct about the writing. It’s too far removed from the original or this is too poor a print to make it out even under a loupe though. Come to think of it there was another picture framed in the exact manner at the store that day. I actually bought that one too but it’s in storage in another state. I do however recall that it’s a relatively well known image of a man cleaning up a gruesome “battlefield” or some other horrible incident. Possibly by the same artist? Wish I could recall the work or the artist.

 

I thought it might be Goya but can't find a match. Not one of Los Caprichos.

Debora

 

Ergo, the probable reason for the shovel in his hand!! Seems to make sense anyway!! HA! And if you're correct on the scene, I don't need to know what might be in the basked!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The lotion? ;p

 

charburner ?

 

I thought a saw a couple of skulls?
My first thought was a depiction of Beauty and the Beast intertwined with a angel demonstrating love for a lonely soul.

 

You are right, @Debora, it is plate 82 of Goya's "Disasters of War - That/This is the Truth" - "Esto es lo verdadero".

https://arthive.com/franciscogoya/works/19822~The_series_disasters_of_war_page_82_That_is_the_Truth

https://research.britishmuseum.org/...ctId=1336288&page=11&partId=1&searchText=Goya

 

Ah! Thank you. Didn't search far enough.

Debora

 

Thanks for finding this!!!! Now I’m anxious to see if the other one I bought is also from this collection of works! They are really interesting images.

 

It's beautiful. Very similar to the ancient biblical story.