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The Third of May 1808 in Madrid (also known as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid or Los fusilamientos de la montaña del Príncipe Pío, [2] or Los fusilamientos del tres de mayo. Commonly known as The Third of May 1808 .) [ 1 ] is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya , now in the Museo del Prado , Madrid.
File: El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco de Goya, from Prado thin black margin.jpg
The model for this painting may have been Leokadia Zorrilla de Weiss (1788–1856), who moved in with Goya shortly after his wife's death and cared for him until the end of his life. [11] Leokadia was born in 1788, so during the period suggested by the Museo del Prado for the painting's creation, she would have been from 26 to 28 years old.
1808 – Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. 1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill. 1815 – Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples, is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
Beforehand, it was twice in the collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, also in Madrid, before being "sequestered" by the Spanish Inquisition between 1814 and 1836. [clarification needed] The maja vestida and maja desnuda were both first cited in an 1808 inventory, when Godoy's assets were seized by King Ferdinand VII. [2]
Wikipedia: Featured picture candidates/Goya's The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid
The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid by Goya. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by YOYOKER ( talk • contribs ) 10:31, 15 April 2006 UTC. Oppose I dont really like photographs of pictures, I don't think thats really what a FP should be.
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