The Third of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya |
The painting: The Third of May, 1808
On 2nd of May 1808, when the Napoleon’s army invaded Madrid, the citizens of Madrid revolted against them. The French army took revenge on the citizens of Madrid on the following day, 3rd of May 1808, by executing hundreds of the rebellions along with the innocents.
Goya illustrated this horrifying event in his painting The third of May, 1808. On the left side of the painting is a man in white kneeling with his arms held up into the air as if surrendering to the executioners. Besides him stand several other rebellions and innocents, some covering their faces in fear of death while others stand by the man in white. The ugliness of this particular day is depicted by the pool of blood from the dead bodies. The lantern and the dark sky show that this was an event that took place at night. The executioners stand in a row on the right side of the painting, each of them holding a rifle ready to shoot the rebellions. Altogether the painting depicts how scary and ugly night it was, with all those death of the innocents and rebellions likewise, they seem to have no option but surrender themselves to the bullets of the French army and embrace death. The painting also shows the cruelty and horrors faced by the citizens of Madrid in the hands of the Napoleons Army.
The Third of May, 1808 (also known as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid) is now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Painted by Francisco de Goya, in 1814 on a canvas. The dimensions of the painting are 268cm × 347cm.
Painter: Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya was born on March 30, 1746 in Aragon, Spain. He was born to Jose Benito y Franquee and Garcia de Lucientes y Salvador. His family was a middle class family, who lived in a house that bore the crest of his mother’s family. But later he and his family moved to Saragossa. He became an apprentice to Jose Luzan when he was 14 years old, but he wasn’t with Luzan for
The painting: The Third of May, 1808
On 2nd of May 1808, when the Napoleon’s army invaded Madrid, the citizens of Madrid revolted against them. The French army took revenge on the citizens of Madrid on the following day, 3rd of May 1808, by executing hundreds of the rebellions along with the innocents.
Goya illustrated this horrifying event in his painting The third of May, 1808. On the left side of the painting is a man in white kneeling with his arms held up into the air as if surrendering to the executioners. Besides him stand several other rebellions and innocents, some covering their faces in fear of death while others stand by the man in white. The ugliness of this particular day is depicted by the pool of blood from the dead bodies. The lantern and the dark sky show that this was an event that took place at night. The executioners stand in a row on the right side of the painting, each of them holding a rifle ready to shoot the rebellions. Altogether the painting depicts how scary and ugly night it was, with all those death of the innocents and rebellions likewise, they seem to have no option but surrender themselves to the bullets of the French army and embrace death. The painting also shows the cruelty and horrors faced by the citizens of Madrid in the hands of the Napoleons Army.
The Third of May, 1808 (also known as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid) is now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Painted by Francisco de Goya, in 1814 on a canvas. The dimensions of the painting are 268cm × 347cm.
Painter: Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya was born on March 30, 1746 in Aragon, Spain. He was born to Jose Benito y Franquee and Garcia de Lucientes y Salvador. His family was a middle class family, who lived in a house that bore the crest of his mother’s family. But later he and his family moved to Saragossa. He became an apprentice to Jose Luzan when he was 14 years old, but he wasn’t with Luzan for