| Full Name | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes |
| Birth | 30 March 1746, Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain |
| Death | 16 April 1828 (aged 82), Bordeaux, France |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Known For | Painting, drawing |
| Notable Work | List of paintings and engravings |
| Artistic Movement | Romanticism |
| Spouse | Josefa Bayeu (m. 1773) |
| Famous Painting | Yard with Lunatics, c. 1794 |
| Early Education | Studied painting under José Luzán y Martinez from age 14 |
| Influences | Diego Velázquez |
| Court Painter | Became a court painter to the Spanish Crown in 1786 |
| Prime Court Painter | Appointed Primer Pintor de Cámara (Prime Court Painter) in 1799 |
| Director of Royal Academy | Appointed Director of the Royal Academy in 1795 |
| Important Works | La maja desnuda, Charles IV of Spain and His Family, The Second of May 1808, The Third of May 1808, Disasters of War, Caprichos, Los Disparates, Black Paintings |
| Major Themes | Insanity, mental asylums, witches, fantastical creatures, religious and political corruption |
| Illness | Severe and undiagnosed illness in 1793 left him deaf |
| Later Years | Lived in near isolation at Quinta del Sordo (House of the Deaf Man) |
| Final Works | La Tauromaquia series |
| Companion | Leocadia Weiss, who accompanied him to Bordeaux and may have been his lover |
| Death and Burial | Died following a stroke and was buried on 16 April 1828 |
