Goya

Francisco Goya (1746–1828) was a renowned Spanish artist.

In Madrid, Goya, who had already taken a famous likeness of the Duke of Wellington, made a sketch in red chalk of Jonathan Strange [31]. It is a sketch of Strange seated on the ground, surrounded by the seventeen dead Neopolitans; some regard him hungrily, some have 'expressions of supplication', while 'one is putting out a finger to stroke the back of his hair' [31].

This romantic composition is evocative of a well-known renaissance painting.

More information about this exceptional Spanish master, along with his works, can be found here.