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The Third of May, 1808 by Francisco Goya
Anti-war painting that heralded a revolution in style and content
The Third of May, 1808 by Francisco Goya
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IN 1814, Spanish artist Francisco Goya painted The Third of May 1808, also known as The Executions of Mount Prince Pio.
It commemorates Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War and has become an archetypal image of the horrors of conflict.
It was a commission Goya requested from the Bourbons, about to be restored to the throne of Spain after the calamitous interlude of Napoleonic invasion during the war of 1807-1814.
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