Francisco de Goya

The Third of May 1808

US$ 690.00

A man in a white shirt throws his arms wide before a French firing squad, lit by a single lantern on the ground; the soldiers are faceless, their backs turned to us. Goya gave the victim no heroism and the killers no character — only a lamp, a hillside and the moment before. It is widely held to be the first modern painting of war, and it still refuses to console.

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Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) climbed from provincial beginnings to First Court Painter to the Spanish crown, then lost his hearing entirely at forty-six after a severe illness. The work that followed grew darker, stranger and far more modern than anything around it. He witnessed the Peninsular War at close range, and what he made of it broke with every convention for how history painting was supposed to look.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 50 × 39 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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