Famous work · not an exact-location map point
The Third of May 1808
Real-world connection
No single real-world viewpoint
This famous work does not have a single exact real-world viewpoint. The connection below explains its actual relationship to the real world.
- Date
- 1814-01-01
- Real-world link
- Real-world connection
Location relations
Each kind of real-world link is kept separate — a documented viewpoint is never merged with a depicted place or a creation location.
Inspired by this place — general area
Dos de Mayo Uprising
Where the original is now
Museo del Prado
In the collection of Museo del Prado
On-view status is not live-verified — check the museum before visiting.
Sources
- Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid — collection record for Francisco de Goya, ‘The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, or “The Executions”’, cat. P000749; 1814, oil on canvas, 268 × 347 cm; commissioned with its pendant (‘The 2nd of May 1808’, P000748) by the regency (museodelprado.es)
- Pierre Gassier & Juliet Wilson-Bareau, ‘The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya’ (Reynal / Morrow, 1971), no. 984
More by Francisco Goya
The Burial of the Sardine
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando Current collection