Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya painted La maja vestida, or the Clothed maja from 1798 to 1805. It is the clothed version of The Nude Maja which he painted between 1797 and 1800. In 1815 the Spanish Inquisition stripped him of his position as Spanish court painter for having painted the Nude Maja which they described as "obscene".

Both versions are hanging side by side in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

In 1799 Francisco Goya was made First Court Painter at the court of Charles IV. In spite of that function his portraits of the nobility lacked visual diplomacy - as you can see in this painting.

Francisco de Goya created it between 1800 and 1801. The painting shows the Royal family in the artist's studio, while the artist is working on a canvas on the left side.

The Caprichos are a set of 80 aquatint prints which Goya created between 1797 and 1798. With them he criticised 18th century Spain.

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is an etching. It is the self-portrait of the artist, attacked in his sleep by owls, the symbols of folly, and bats, the symbols of ignorance.

The invasion of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte led to a war of the Spanish people against the napoleonic troops. It was a cruel war where no pardon was given on either side.

Goya shows the atrocities of war in his famous prints The Desasters of War.