# The 2nd of May 1808 in Madrid (1814) pairs as a public anti-occupation street-fight canvas

Date: 1814

## The fact

In 1814 [Goya](/people/francisco-goya) painted The 2nd of May 1808 in Madrid as the companion of the 3rd of May.

It is one event.

## Context

Keep 2 May and 3 May as two pictures, both 1814. Split later nationalist capture.

Francisco Goya’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Companion 1814 canvas of the 2 May 1808 uprising. Same commission cluster. Anti-atrocity/occupation visibility, not a unique battle command.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Prado’s 2nd of May record and Britannica independently date the 1814 pair.

Official or archival record: Museo Nacional del Prado (https://www.museodelprado.es/en; Museo Nacional del Prado).

## Significance

A public uprising canvas is a humanitarian-visibility path beside the execution picture.

Two 1814 canvases, two rows if needed; this is the 2 May picture.

A public uprising canvas is a humanitarian-visibility path beside the execution picture.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1814 2nd of May canvas. Not established: that paint stopped a later occupation.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Francisco Goya.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Francisco Goya: https://factrail.ai/people/francisco-goya

## Drivers

- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Goya
- https://www.museodelprado.es/en

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-second-may