Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828)
• Was a Spanish painter.
• At age 14 Goya studied under the painter José Luzán, where he copied stamps for 4 years until.
• Francisco Bayeu, 1765 membership of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and directorship of the tapestry works from 1777 helped Goya earn a commission for a series of tapestry cartoons for the Royal Tapestry Factory.
• Over five years he designed some 42 patterns, many of which were used to decorate and insulate the stone walls of El Escorial and the Palacio Real del Pardo, the residences of the Spanish monarchs.
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