02 Works, The Art of War, Francisco Goya’s The Second of May 1808, and and Joaquín Sorolla’s The death of Pedro Velarde y Santillán, with footnotes
Jan 3, 2024
The Second of May 1808 or The Charge of the Mamelukes, c. 1814
Oil on canvas
height: 266 cm (104.7 in); idth: 345 cm (11.3 ft)
Museo del Prado
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The city had been under the occupation of Napoleon’s army since 23 March of the same year. King Charles IV had been forced by the Spanish people during the Tumult of Aranjuez to abdicate in favor of his son Ferdinand VII, and at the time of the uprising both were in the French city of Bayonne…