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