Rokeby Venus may have commissioned himself, "The Nude Maja" and "The Clothed Maja". These bear obvious compositional similarities with Velázquez's "Venus", although unlike Velázquez, Goya clearly painted his nude in a calculated attempt to provoke shame and disgust in the relatively unenlightened climate of 18th-century Spain. "Venus" was brought to England in 1813, where it was purchased by John Morritt for £500 (£ in 2019), and on the advice of his friend Sir Thomas Lawrence. Morritt hung it in his house at Rokeby Park, Yorkshire—thus the painting's popular name. In 1906, the painting was acquired for the National Gallery by the newly
Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby in the House of Lords. Lord Rokeby died in May 1829, aged 71. He was unmarried and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Matthew, who had adopted the surname of Montagu. Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby (14 July 1757 – 10 May 1829), was a British politician. Robinson was the son of London attorney Morris Robinson by Jane Greenland, daughter of John Greenland, of Lovelace, Kent. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1775-77) and also entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 1775. He was returned to Parliament for Boroughbridge, a