# The Third of May 1808

By [Francisco de Goya](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/francisco-de-goya.md>), 1814.

A lantern isolates a man facing a firing squad, transforming a historical execution into an indictment of mechanized violence.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 268 × 347 cm
- Collection: [Museo Nacional del Prado](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/museo-del-prado.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-3rd-of-may-1808-in-madrid-or-the-executions/5e177409-2993-4240-97fb-847a02c6496c>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Romanticism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/romanticism.md>)

## Image

![A man in a white shirt raises his arms before a firing squad at night as bodies lie nearby.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/prado-third-may/full.jpg?v=0ddfdb4280c095fd789867a4054fcf177b925ef6d28271169a56e1f2c2916628>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- Museo Nacional del Prado
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Tres_de_Mayo,_by_Francisco_de_Goya,_from_Prado_in_Google_Earth.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Museo Nacional del Prado collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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