History & The Arts
Goya
...religion and authority, symbolised by the inmates' crowns and sceptres. In ‘private’ works such as this he was free to choose his subjects and could escape the confines of public commissions. 1819 Goya moves to the Quinta del Sordo and a year later begins work on the so-called Black Paintings. 1820–3 He works on later plates from the Disasters of War series. 1820...