The Third of May 1808
Francisco Goya · 1814
The story
The Third of May 1808 in Madrid and also known, in Spanish, as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid or Los fusilamientos de la montaña del Príncipe Pío, or Los fusilamientos del tres de mayo, is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. In the work, Goya sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of Madrid in 1808 at the start of the Peninsular War. Along with its companion piece of the same size, The Second of May 1808, it was commissioned by the provisional government of Spain at Goya's own suggestion shortly after the ousting of the French occupation and the restoration of King Ferdinand VII.
- Artist
- Francisco Goya
- Date
- 1814
- Collection
- Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 268 × 347 cm
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