28 moments

1. Birth at Fuendetodos

   1746-03-30 · Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

   

   Goya was born in Fuendetodos, the Aragonese village of his maternal family.

2. Schooling in Zaragoza

   1750-01-01 · Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

   Prado chronology places Goya as a pupil at the Piarist schools in Zaragoza, where he met his lifelong friend Martín Zapater. The chronology supplies the year but not a more precise date.

3. Training with José Luzán

   1760-01-01 · Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

   Goya trained in Zaragoza under the painter José Luzán Martínez during his early artistic education. The source supports a 1760–1764 stay; the card is dated to its documented beginning year.

4. Departure for Italy

   1769-06-01 · Italy

   Goya departed Spain for an independently financed Italian journey that formed part of his artistic education. Country-level presence only; coordinates are a representative point in Italy.

5. Fresco work at the Basilica of El Pilar

   1771-01-01 · Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

   

   After returning to Spain, Goya painted his first major commission, a fresco for the Basilica of El Pilar in Zaragoza. The work is dated 1771–1772; this card uses the first supported year.

6. Study visit in Rome

   1771-01-01 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

   Documentary evidence places Goya in Rome in the spring of 1771 during his Italian journey. The source gives spring 1771 but not a specific month or day.

7. Marriage to Josefa Bayeu

   1773-07-25 · Church of San Martín, Madrid, Spain

   

   Goya married Josefa Bayeu at the Church of San Martín in Madrid. The historic church was demolished; coordinates identify its former central-Madrid vicinity.

8. Work at the Aula Dei Charterhouse

   1774-01-01 · Charterhouse of Aula Dei, Peñaflor de Gállego, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

   

   Goya was working on frescoes at the Aula Dei Charterhouse near Zaragoza when his first child was born in the city. The source gives the child’s exact birth date but not a precise date for Goya’s work at Aula Dei.

9. Arrival for court work in Madrid

   1775-01-10 · Madrid, Spain

   

   Goya arrived in Madrid to begin work as a tapestry-cartoon painter for the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara.

10. Stay at the Palace of Arenas de San Pedro

    1783-09-20 · Palace of Infante Luis de Borbón, Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila, Spain

    

    A letter written to Martín Zapater documents Goya’s stay at the residence of Infante Luis de Borbón while he worked on portraits of the family. The dated letter establishes that the stay was current or recent on 20 September 1783; it does not specify the exact day of his arrival.

11. Illness and convalescence in Cádiz

    1793-01-01 · Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain

    

    Goya travelled to Cádiz with the collector Sebastián Martínez y Pérez and underwent an extended illness there. The Met dates the surrounding discussion to 1793 but does not provide a more precise travel date.

12. Return to Madrid after illness

    1793-01-01 · Madrid, Spain

    

    After his Cádiz illness left him deaf, Goya returned to Madrid later in 1793. The source supports the year but not a month or day.

13. Residence in Cádiz

    1796-01-01 · Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain

    Goya spent part of 1796 in Cádiz, where the source reports that he had his own house. The source gives only the year and relative sequence.

14. Stay in Seville

    1796-01-01 · Seville, Andalusia, Spain

    During his Andalusian travels in 1796, Goya went from Cádiz to Seville. The source gives only the year and relative sequence.

15. Visit to the Duchess of Alba at Sanlúcar

    1796-01-01 · Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain

    Goya visited the Duchess of Alba in Sanlúcar de Barrameda during his Andalusian stay and painted her celebrated black-dress portrait. The source identifies the visit as part of Goya’s 1796 Andalusian stay but gives no more precise date.

16. Return to Madrid from Andalusia

    1797-01-01 · Madrid, Spain

    

    By early 1797, Goya had returned to Madrid from his Andalusian travels. The source gives an early-1797 return but no exact month.

17. Frescoes at San Antonio de la Florida

    1798-01-01 · Royal Hermitage of San Antonio de la Florida, Madrid, Spain

    

    Goya painted the pendentives and cupola of Madrid’s Royal Hermitage of San Antonio de la Florida.

18. Residence on Calle Valverde

    1800-01-01 · Calle de Valverde 35, Madrid, Spain

    

    Goya moved into a new home at 35 Calle Valverde while beginning major royal portrait commissions in Madrid. The source associates the move with Goya’s work in 1800 but does not provide a specific moving date.

19. Madrid during the Peninsular War

    1808-01-01 · Madrid, Spain

    

    Goya remained in Madrid through the Peninsular War, an experience that profoundly affected his work. The source describes continuous presence during the 1808–1814 war; this card is dated to the war’s opening year.

20. Retreat at the Quinta del Sordo

    1820-01-01 · Quinta del Sordo, Madrid, Spain

    

    Goya worked in seclusion at the Quinta del Sordo, his country retreat outside Madrid, where he completed the private fresco cycle later known as the Black Paintings. The demolished country house stood outside historical Madrid; coordinates are an approximate former-site location.

21. Arrival in Bordeaux

    1824-06-24 · Bordeaux, Gironde, France

    

    Travelling toward Paris after receiving leave to go to France, Goya lodged with Leandro Fernández de Moratín in Bordeaux.

22. Paris visit

    1824-06-30 · Hôtel Favart, Rue de Marivaux, Paris, France

    Goya reached Paris during his 1824 French journey and took rooms at the Hôtel Favart on Rue de Marivaux. Coordinates identify the historic Rue de Marivaux hotel area.

23. Bordeaux household on Cours de Tourny

    1824-10-28 · Cours de Tourny, Bordeaux, Gironde, France

    

    Goya, Leocadia Weiss, and her children established a household in a house on Bordeaux’s Cours de Tourny.

24. Residence on Chemin de la Croix-Blanche

    1825-10-30 · Chemin de la Croix-Blanche, Bordeaux, Gironde, France

    

    During his Bordeaux years, Goya moved to a new residence at 10 Chemin de la Croix-Blanche. The historical street address is mapped approximately within the Chemin de la Croix-Blanche area.

25. Pension petition in Madrid

    1826-05-30 · Madrid, Spain

    

    Goya travelled from Bordeaux to Madrid to make his retirement petition in person; Vicente López painted his portrait during this visit.

26. Return to Bordeaux after retirement

    1826-07-01 · Bordeaux, Gironde, France

    

    After being granted retirement and permission to return to France, Goya departed again for Bordeaux before mid-July. The source establishes departure for Bordeaux before 15 July 1826, not an exact arrival date.

27. Summer visit to Madrid

    1827-01-01 · Madrid, Spain

    

    Prado documentation records another summer stay by Goya in Madrid for economic and family matters. The source specifies summer 1827 but does not provide a month or day.

28. Death in Bordeaux

    1828-04-16 · Rue des Fossés de l’Intendance, Bordeaux, Gironde, France

    

    Goya died at his Bordeaux home on Rue des Fossés de l’Intendance, attended by Antonio Brugada and José Pío de Molina. Coordinates identify the historic central-Bordeaux street area; the source gives house number 39.