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The Inquisition summons Goya in 1815 over the Nude Maja as a public morals-and-body file

In 1815 the Inquisition summoned Goya over the Nude Maja. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Personal-Data Protection.

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In 1815 the Inquisition summoned Goya over the Nude Maja.

Context

Legal-public tribunal only. Split later Prado hanging of both Majas as access.

Francisco Goya’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

A March 1815 Inquisition demand required him to account for the Naked Maja (and related). He was a named subject of a morals tribunal. The pictures survive in the Prado. Tribunal speech-control is the path, not gossip about a duchess as this catalog’s Fact.

Why it matters

A summons is not the later museum wall.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Francisco Goya

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Inquisition summons Goya in 1815 over the Nude Maja as a public morals-and-body file
    2. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 16 March 1815 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Francisco GoyaEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Museo Nacional del PradoMuseo Nacional del Prado · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Prado Maja records and Britannica independently describe the Inquisition’s 1815 interest in the Nude Maja.

Established: 1815 Inquisition summons over the Nude Maja. Not established: private sitter gossip as Fact.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorFrancisco Goya
  2. contributed toFactThe Inquisition summons Goya in 1815 over the Nude Maja as a public morals-and-body file
  3. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

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Factrail. (2026). The Inquisition summons Goya in 1815 over the Nude Maja as a public morals-and-body file. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-maja-inquisition

https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-maja-inquisition

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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