The Third of May 1808
The story
A white-shirted Madrileño throws his arms open in front of a firing squad, his comrades fallen around him under a black sky. Painted in 1814 — Goya's response to the Napoleonic occupation, the foundation of modern political art.
- Artist
- Francisco Goya
- Year
- 1814
- Period
- Romantic
- Where it lives
- Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
