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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.
This is worse (Spanish: Esto es peor [1]) is an etching and wash drawing by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828). Completed between 1812 and 1815, though not published until 1863, it forms part of his The Disasters of War series, [2] which Goya created as a visual protest against the violence of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising and subsequent Peninsular War of 1808–1814.
Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808 : 26 January 2004; Auguste Renoir: Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre : 2 February 2004; Rembrandt van Rijn: The Night Watch : 9 February 2004; Sandro Botticelli: La Primavera : 23 February 2004; Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave : 17 April 2004; Edgar Degas: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen : 24 April 2004
In 1873, Spanish novelist Antonio de Trueba published the purported reminiscences of Goya's gardener, Isidro, on the genesis of the series. de Trueba claims to have spoken to Isidro in 1836, when the gardener recalled accompanying Goya to the hill of Principe Pio to sketch the victims of the executions of 3 May 1808. [a 11] Goya scholars are ...
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Place of creation: Spain : Exhibition history: Europeana 280 ; References: A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: from the Renaissance to the Present Day, 86 ; The Most Famous Paintings of the World, 42
The Third of May 1808 was completed in 1814, two months after its companion work The Second of May 1808.It depicts executions which followed the uprising. The Second of May 1808 depicts the beginning of the uprising when the Mamelukes of the French Imperial Guard are ordered to charge and subdue the rioting citizens.
1 El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco de Goya, from Prado in Google Earth Toggle the table of contents Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Goya's The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid