His Excellency Don José Palafox [famous Spanish general, wh… - Francisco Goya

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His Excellency Don José Palafox [famous Spanish general, who recaptured Zaragoza from the French army) called me to go to Zaragoza this week in order to see and examine the ruins of that city, with the intention that I should paint the glories of its inhabitants, something from which I cannot be excused because the glory of my native land [Goya was born in Zaragoza] interests me so much.

Francisco Goya

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About Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. His letters to Martín Zapater y Clavería , (1746-1803) a prosperous merchant and Goya's closest friend - spanning some 30 years, are an important private source for Goya's quotes; these letters show him at his most intimate and uninhibited.

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Native Name: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Alternative Names: Francisco Goya Lucientes • Francisco de Goya y Lucientes • Francisco José Goya Lucientes • Goya • Francisco Goya y Lucientes • Ko-ya • Fransisko Goiia-i-Lusientes • Fransisko Khose de Goiia • Francisco Jose y Lucientes de Goya • Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes • Fransisko Khose de Goia • Francisco Jose De Goya y Lucientes • Francisco de Paula Goya y Lucientes • José Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de Paula • Francisco de Gova y Lucientes • José de Goya y Lucientes • Francisco Jose de Goya • Francisco De Goya • Francisco Paula José Goya y Lucientes • Francisko Goja • Francisco Goya Y Lucientes • Louis-Philippe Goya • Francisco de Paula Jose Goya y Lucientes • Francisco José De Goya Y Lucientes • Francisco Jose Goya Lucientes • Jose de Goya y Lucientes • Francisco Paula Jose Goya y Lucientes • francesco goya • goya f. • fr. jose de goya • fr. goya • Francisco de goya • f. de goya • francisco j. goya • Goya y Lucientes • f. j. de goya • franc. jose de goya y lucientes • Francisco Jose de Goya y Luzientes • Francesco Goya • francesco jose goya • j. de goya • francisco goya • francisco jose goya • F. Goya • Don Francesco Goya • Francisco José Goya • francisco jose de goya • j. f. de goya y lucientes • fr. j. de goya y lucientes • de goya y lucientes francisco jose • Francisco de Goya

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Since most of the subjects depicted in this work are not real, it is not unreasonable to hope that connoisseurs will readily overlook their defects.

The group of sorcerers who form the support for our elegant lady are more for ornament than real use. Some heads are so charged with inflammable gas that they have no need for balloons or sorcerers in order to fly away.

Goya in gratitude to his friend Arrieta for the skill and great care with which he saved his [Goya's] life in his acute and dangerous illness, suffered at the end of 1819, at the age of seventy-tree years. He painted this in 1820.

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