Francisco de Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. Francisco de Goya has been regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns. The subversive and subjective element in Goya's Paintings, as well as Goya's bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso.

About Francisco de Goya: The Spanish Artist, Francisco de Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain, in the kingdom of Aragon in 1746. Francisco de Goya spent his childhood in Fuendetodos, where his family lived in a house bearing the family crest of his mother. His father earned his living as a gilder.Two of his best known paintings are The Nude Maja and The Clothed Maja (La maja vestida). They depict the same woman in the same pose, naked and clothed, respectively.