In 1814 who completed the two paintings The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808, both now exhibited in the Prado in Madrid?
The Third of May 1808 other works, the more clearly I recognise that I was mistaken. The 1961 film "The Happy Thieves" features a plan to steal "The Second of May 1808" from Prado hidden under a copy of "The Third of May 1808". The Third of May 1808 The Third of May 1808 (also known as ' or ', or ) is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. In the work, Goya sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War. Along with its
The Third of May 1808 but it was not until 1872 that "The Third of May" was listed in the Prado's published catalog, under the title "Scene of the Third of May 1808". Both the "Third" and "Second of May" suffered damage in a road accident while being transported by truck to Valencia for safety during the Spanish Civil War, apparently the only time they have left Madrid. Significant paint losses to the left side of the "Second of May" have been deliberately left unrepaired. Restoration work to both paintings was done in 2008 in time for an exhibition marking the bicentennial of the uprising.