Goya: A Life in Letters

by Sarah Symmons

Goya was born in 1746. By the time he was 47 he was the highest paid and most famous artist in Spain, had gone profoundly deaf and six of his seven children had died. He worked for three Spanish monarchs, the duke of Wellington, the Spanish aristocracy and intelligentsia, and for Napoleon's brother. One Spanish prince called him 'the painting monkey', contemporary critics called him 'the philosopher painter'. His friends called him Paco, and 'Our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845951816
• ISBN13: 9781845951818
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"