1746–1828

Francisco Goya

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born in Fuendetodos, Aragon. He rose to become First Court Painter to Charles IV of Spain, painting the royal family and Madrid society. His print series, including Los Caprichos and The Disasters of War, attacked superstition and the brutality of the Napoleonic wars. Late in life, deaf and disillusioned, he painted the dark Black Paintings on the walls of his house. He died in exile in Bordeaux in 1828.

Where to see Francisco Goya: Art Institute of Chicago (2 works); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (5 works); National Gallery of Art (8 works); Rijksmuseum (1 work).

Public-domain works: Portrait of Isidoro Máiquez, c. 1807; Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect, 1820; The Marquesa de Pontejos, c. 1786; Thérèse Louise de Sureda, c. 1803/1804; Señora Sabasa Garcia, c. 1806/1811; Don Antonio Noriega, 1801; Young Lady Wearing a Mantilla and Basquina, c. 1800/1805; Victor Guye, 1810; Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina, 1787–88; Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792), 1787–88; Portrait of Don Ramón Satué, 1823; Portrait of General José Manuel Romero, c. 1810; Sebastián Martínez y Pérez (1747–1800), 1792; José Costa y Bonells (died l870), Called Pepito, ca. 1810; María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón, 1783; Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol, c. 1803/1804.