Goya's most famous paintings
The top 3 according to 89 votes from people: The Family of Charles IV · The Nude Maja · Saturn Devouring His Son. (Updated Sep 15, 2025.)
The works by Francisco de Goya chosen by experts and art guides: from the tapestry cartoons to the Black Paintings.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 17
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The Family of Charles IV
1800. The whole court, painted without flattery.
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The Nude Maja
Before 1800. A nude that brought him before the Inquisition.
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Saturn Devouring His Son
1819-1823. The most terrifying of the Black Paintings.
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The Dog
1819-1823. A dog's head and a great emptiness.
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The Clothed Maja
c. 1800-1807. The same woman, clothed.
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The Duchess of Alba (in White)
1795. The duchess points at the painter's signature on the ground.
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The Second of May 1808 (The Charge of the Mamelukes)
1814. The uprising in the Puerta del Sol.
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The Family of the Infante Don Luis
1783-1784. His first great composition as a portraitist.
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The Parasol
1777. A tapestry cartoon, bright and cheerful.
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The Milkmaid of Bordeaux
c. 1827. Painted in exile, it foreshadows Impressionism.
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The Third of May 1808
1814. The executions on Príncipe Pío hill. Prado Museum.
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The Countess of Chinchón
1800. One of his most delicate portraits.
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The Meadow of San Isidro
1788. Madrid celebrating by the Manzanares river.
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14
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
1819-1823. Witches gathered round the he-goat.
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Fight with Cudgels
1819-1823. Two men sunk to their knees fight with clubs.
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The Straw Manikin
1791-1792. Four women toss a straw doll in a blanket.
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
1799. The most famous print in Los Caprichos.
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