Goya was born unexpectedly in his mother’s birthplace, Fuendetodos. His parents, Braulio José Goya, a gilder; and Gracia Lucientes, from a family of wealthy farmers, actually lived in Zaragoza, where [+]
This Spanish painter began his studies in Zaragoza at the workshop of Bohemian painter Juan Andrés Merklein. He also studied drawing with José Luzán Martínez. In 1758, he obtained a two-year pension t [+]