Francesco Goya (1746-1828):

• 1763 Madrid, Academy San Fernando
• 1771 in Rome (since 1768?); returns to Spain in June
• 1773 married Josefa Bayeu
• 1774 commissioned by Mengs to do cartoons for tapestries
• 1775-92 various tapestries
• 1780 member of Royal Academy
• 1786 a painter to the King
• 1789 Court painter
• 1792 ill; deafness (lead poisoning?)
• 1795 Director of Painting, R.A.
• 1797 resigned above position, due to ill health
• 1799 1st Court painter
• 1808 French invasion
• 1814 French Expelled
• 1815 Spanish Inquisition; Maja paintings
• 1819 serious illness
• 1823 King restored to absolute power
• 1824 Goya went into hiding; exile in Bordeaux
• 1828 dies in Bordeaux