Art, literature & history
La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento (The Custody of a Criminal Does Not Call for Torture
c. 1810
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching and burin [trial proof printed posthumously before 1859]
- Collection no.
- 1951.10.41
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Francisco Goya. La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento (The Custody of a Criminal Does Not Call for Torture. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento (The Custody of a Criminal Does Not Call for Torture — Francisco Goya. c. 1810.
Medium: etching and burin [trial proof printed posthumously before 1859].
Dimensions (museum labels retained): .
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1951.10.41. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.