30-12Francisco Goya,
Family of Charles IV,1800.
Oil on canvas, 9 2 11 .
Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Goya painted the family of
the Spanish king Charles IV
while serving as Pintor del
Rey. Goya’s model for the
portrait was Velázquez’s Las
Meninas(FIG. 24-30), which
also included the artist in the
painting.
30-13Francisco
Goya,Third of May, 1808,
1814–1815. Oil on canvas,
8 9 13 4 . Museo del
Prado, Madrid.
Goya encouraged empathy
for the massacred Spanish
peasants by portraying
horrified expressions and
anguish on their faces,
endowing them with a
humanity lacking in the
French firing squad.
1 ft.
1 ft.