The Third of May 1808

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oil painting painting

The Third of May 1808 is a famous painting by Francisco Goya that powerfully depicts the execution of Spanish civilians by Napoleon’s troops, often hailed as a pioneering work of modern, emotionally charged war art.

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Surface form	Occurrences
El tres de mayo de 1808	1
El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Third of May 1808 ⓘ surface form: El tres de mayo de 1808
artHistoricalSignificance	considered a pioneering work of modern, emotionally charged war painting ⓘ
artist	Francisco Goya ⓘ
collection	Prado Museum ⓘ surface form: Museo del Prado collection
commissionedAfter	Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ surface form: Peninsular War
commissionedBy	Spanish Regency Council ⓘ surface form: Spanish provisional government
completionDate	1814 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
creator	Francisco Goya ⓘ
depicts	French firing squad ⓘ French occupation of Spain ⓘ Napoleonic troops ⓘ Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ surface form: Peninsular War Spanish resistance fighters ⓘ execution of Spanish civilians ⓘ night scene ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ
follows	The Second of May 1808 ⓘ
genre	history painting ⓘ war art ⓘ
height	266 cm ⓘ
inception	1814 ⓘ
influenced	Guernica ⓘ surface form: Pablo Picasso’s Guernica modern war art ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Madrid ⓘ Spain ⓘ
location	Prado Museum ⓘ surface form: Museo del Prado
materialUsed	canvas ⓘ oil paint ⓘ
medium	oil on canvas ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
notableFeature	anonymous, faceless firing squad ⓘ central figure with outstretched arms resembling a crucifixion pose ⓘ emphasis on emotional expression of victims ⓘ strong contrast of light and dark (chiaroscuro) ⓘ
originalLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle	The Third of May 1808 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid
partOfSeries	paintings about the uprisings of 2–3 May 1808 ⓘ
setInPlace	Madrid ⓘ
setInTime	3 May 1808 ⓘ
subjectEvent	executions following the Dos de Mayo Uprising ⓘ
theme	horrors of war ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ national resistance ⓘ political repression ⓘ
title	The Third of May 1808 self-link ⓘ
width	345 cm ⓘ

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Massacre in Korea → inspiredBy → The Third of May 1808 ⓘ

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Prado Museum → notableWork → The Third of May 1808 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid

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