A portrait of King Charles III (1716-1788), son of Philip V and Elizabeth of Farnesio, shortly before he died in Madrid on December 14, 1788. The king appears in a royal hunting preserve, either aroun [+]
In this full-length portrait, King Carlos IV (1748-1819) wears a red frock coat adorned with silver and carries a ruler´s staff. His decorations include the Golden Fleece and the sash of the ord [+]
This portrait of the family of King Carlos IV (1748-1819) was painted in Aranjuez and Madrid in the spring and summer of 1800, shortly after Goya was named First Chamber Painter. It clearly show´s the [+]
This is one of ten preparatory sketches for The Family of Charles IV. Goya executed them in Aranjuez shortly after he was made First Court Painter. All make use of a reddish-orange ground. Daughter of [+]
This is a preparatory sketch for The Family of Charles IV. Don Francisco de Paula (1794-1865) was the youngest child of María Luisa and popularly rumoured to be the son of Manuel Godoy. In 1819 [+]
This is a preparatory sketch for The Family of Charles IV. Son of Charles IV and María Luisa, the sitter was born in 1788. In 1816 he married María Francisca of Portugal, daughter of his [+]
This is a preparatory sketch for The Family of Charles IV. Son of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and the Archduchess Maria Amalia of Lorraine, the sitter was born in Piacenza in 1773. In 1795 he married th [+]
This is a preparatory sketch for The Family of Charles IV. Brother of Charles IV, the sitter was born in Naples in 1755. In 1795 he married his niece, the Infanta María Amalia, who died without [+]
In 1814, Goya addressed the reagent, Cardinal Luis de Bourbon, offering to make works commemorating events from the War of Independence (1808-1812): "to perpetuate, with a paintbrush, the most notable [+]
A depiction of the execution of patriots from Madrid by a firing squad from Napoleon´s army in reprisal for their uprising against the French occupation on the second of May, 1808. The French soldiers [+]
This column of bigio marble and its pair were part of a magnificent group of eighty architectural elements made of ancient and modern coloured marbles that belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Phili [+]
This column of bigio marble and its pair were part of a magnificent group of eighty architectural elements made of ancient and modern coloured marbles that belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Phili [+]