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Francisco Goya
1746-1828
Goya is considered the 18th Century's foremost painter and etcher of Spanish culture, known for his realistic scenes of battles, bullfights and human corruption. Goya lived during a time of upheaval in Spain that included war with France, the Inquisition, the rule of Napoleon's brother, Joseph, as the King of Spain and, finally, the reign of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII. Experts proclaim these events -- and Goya's deafness as a result of an illness in 1793 -- as central to understanding Goya's work, which frequently depicts human misery in a satiric and sometimes nightmarish fashion. From the 1770s he was a royal court painter for Charles III and Charles IV, and when Bonaparte took the throne in 1809, Goya swore fealty to the new king. When the crown was restored to Spain's Ferdinand VII (1814), Goya, in spite of his earlier allegiance to the French king, was reinstated as royal painter. After 1824 he lived in self-imposed exile in Bordeaux until his death, reportedly because of political differences with Ferdinand. Over his long career he created hundreds of paintings, etchings, and lithographs, among them Maya Clothed and Maya Nude (1798-1800); Caprichos (1799-82); The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808 (1814); Disasters of War (1810-20); and The Black Paintings (1820-23).
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Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
mk132
1798
Oil on canvas
205x133cm
Painting ID:: 38252
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Gaspar_Melchor_de_Jovellanos
mk132
1798
Oil on canvas
205x133cm
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General Nicolas Guye
mk132
1810
Oil on canvas
106x84.7cm
Painting ID:: 38253
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General_Nicolas_Guye
mk132
1810
Oil on canvas
106x84.7cm
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Countess-Duchess of Benavente
mk132
1785
Oil on canvas
104x80cm
Bartolome March Severa
Madrid
Painting ID:: 38254
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Countess-Duchess_of_Benavente
mk132
1785
Oil on canvas
104x80cm
Bartolome March Severa
Madrid
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Marquise of Pontejos
mk132
1786
Oil on canvas
211x126cm
Painting ID:: 38255
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Marquise_of_Pontejos
mk132
1786
Oil on canvas
211x126cm
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Marquise of la Solana
mk132
1794-95
Oil on canvas
183x124cm
Painting ID:: 38256
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Marquise_of_la_Solana
mk132
1794-95
Oil on canvas
183x124cm
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Francisco_Goya
1746-1828
Goya is considered the 18th Century's foremost painter and etcher of Spanish culture, known for his realistic scenes of battles, bullfights and human corruption. Goya lived during a time of upheaval in Spain that included war with France, the Inquisition, the rule of Napoleon's brother, Joseph, as the King of Spain and, finally, the reign of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII. Experts proclaim these events -- and Goya's deafness as a result of an illness in 1793 -- as central to understanding Goya's work, which frequently depicts human misery in a satiric and sometimes nightmarish fashion. From the 1770s he was a royal court painter for Charles III and Charles IV, and when Bonaparte took the throne in 1809, Goya swore fealty to the new king. When the crown was restored to Spain's Ferdinand VII (1814), Goya, in spite of his earlier allegiance to the French king, was reinstated as royal painter. After 1824 he lived in self-imposed exile in Bordeaux until his death, reportedly because of political differences with Ferdinand. Over his long career he created hundreds of paintings, etchings, and lithographs, among them Maya Clothed and Maya Nude (1798-1800); Caprichos (1799-82); The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808 (1814); Disasters of War (1810-20); and The Black Paintings (1820-23).
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