Valencia (España)

Churches: • Catedral de Santa María de Valencia: Calle de la Barchilla, 1  46003 Valencia Museums: • Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia: C/ San Pío V, nº 9, 46010 Valencia Births: • Julià, Asensio (1753-1832) • Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea See…

El columpio (1779)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El columpio (The Swing) 1779 Oil on canvas, 260 x 165 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This cartoon, the pair to The Washerwomen (P-786), depicts three women and four elegantly dressed children with their dog on a…

1779

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Borbón y Vallabriga, María Teresa de (1779-1828) Deaths: • Garrick, David (1717-1779) Music: • Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) Art: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Dedalo e Icaro (1777-79) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le…

Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…

1786

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Music: • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Le nozze di Figaro (1786) Art: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828) El otoño (1786) • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786) • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Niño montando un carnero (1786-87)…

Cristo crucificado (1780)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Cristo crucificado (Christ on the Cross) 1780 Oil on canvas, 255 x 154 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The figure of Christ is depicted following the tradition of seventeenth-century Spanish religious painting, although the classical concept of…

El ciego de la guitarra (1778)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El ciego de la guitarra (The Blind Guitarist) 1778 Oil on canvas, 260 x 311 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The central motif of this work is the blind singer who travels to cities and towns, spreading…

1778

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Events: • The Wellington Museum opens in Apsley House, London. Deaths: • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) • Voltaire (1694-1778) Art: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Dedalo e Icaro (1777-79) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le bluff de l’aveugle (c.1775-80)…