A concert of early 1900s French songs will be followed by two fully staged productions of Haydn and Donizetti operas ...

At the Prado Museum, Jerry Saltz gestures in front of Goya's 'The Third of May 1808' in Madrid, or 'The Executions.' Andrea Comas “What amazes me about these Goyas is that [The Second of May 1808] ...

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Goya had been on hand for the French invasion, which, in 1814, informed two astounding paintings of an uprising fomented by the dethroned Ferdinand VII, “The Third of May 1808” and “The ...

Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808 (1814). Photo: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Goya started his practice at 14, apprenticing under a forgotten painter.

Francisco Goya's The Third of May created in 1814 captures the execution of Spanish civilians by French soldiers during the Peninsular War. The painting's focal point, a man with raised arms, ...

Is Queen María Luisa the true star of Goya's famed royal portrait? Francisco Goya, Charles IV of Spain and His Family (1800–1801). Collection of Museo Nacional del Prado.

‘The Third of May’ by Francisco Goya was painted in 1814 and is one of the realest depictions of war scenes. It captures a chilling episode during the Peninsular War between Spain and France ...

I knew that the Prado had the largest collection anywhere of Goya, Velázquez, Titian, El Greco and Bosch, all artists who have, at different moments in my life, meant a great deal to me.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828), “Portrait of José Antonio Caballero, Second Marqués de Caballero, Secretary of Grace and Justice (detail),” 1807. Oil on canvas.