The Second of May 1808 in Madrid, or The Charge of the Mamelukes
Francisco de Goya, 1814
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- Francisco de Goya
- Date
- 1814
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
- Reference
- XDV-1424
What the museum label doesn't tell you
In the 1850s, José de Madrazo, then director of the Prado, went so far as to doubt that Goya had painted the canvas, stating that its quality was far inferior to that of the master's other portraits.
