Art, literature & history"They thunder forth from their clouds about gentleness and forbearance, while they sacrifice human victims to the God of love." ("Da donnern sie Sanftmut und Duldung aus ihren Wolken und bringen dem Gott der Liebe Menschenopfer.")
1921/1922
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- lithograph in black
- Dimensions
- image: 57.94 × 39.21 cm (22 13/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1951.10.299
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
"They thunder forth from their clouds about gentleness and forbearance, while they sacrifice human victims to the God of love." ("Da donnern sie Sanftmut und Duldung aus ihren Wolken und bringen dem Gott der Liebe Menschenopfer.") — George Grosz. 1921/1922.
Medium: lithograph in black.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 57.94 × 39.21 cm (22 13/16 × 15 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1951.10.299. 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.